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Chionanthus
virginicus
White Fringetree
Oleaceae
Located on left side of Manchester Hall facing 195 (clump).
- leaves opposite (subopposite), simple, large, ovate-elliptic
- leaves entire (smooth margin), deep green, late to emerge in spring
- terminal bud pointed, imbricate, brown, with 4 scales
- lateral buds brown, imbricate, diverging at 45° angle
- stems smooth, olive brown when young; turning gray after a few years
- stems are slightly warty at nodes, similar to ash (Fraxinus)
- stems often squarish in shape
- flowers white, showy, fine-textured, hanging and ribbon-like, in
late spring
- fruit is an oblong. black drupe (like an olive)
- fruit borne only on female plants (dioecy)
- bark somewhat ridged and rough when old
- habit is a large shrub or small tree
- plant may be single-stem or multi-stem
- plant often has young branches that twist and turn
View Chionanthus
virginicus page in the UConn Plant Database
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