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Sign: Mafra - Tapada - Ash Tree


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Mafra, 2640 Mafra, Portugal
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logo of Tapada Nacional de Mafra

FREIXO
ASH-TREE


Da familia das Oliveiras. Também conhecido como freixo-comum, freixo de folhas-estreitas e freixo-da-terra.
Originário da Região Mediterrànica (Sul da Europa, Norte de África e Asia Ocidental).
Árvore caducifolia que nasce espontaneamente em todo o território nacional.
Ocorre geralmente nas margens de rios, bosques caducifólios, planícies e vales inundáveis.

MORFOLOGIA
Árvore com copa alta è irregular possuindo um tronco cinzento a cinzento-escuro rugoso e com fissuras estreitas e profundas nas árvores mais velhas.
Tem folhas verdes grandes e compostas por 6 a 10 foliolos (pequenas partes da folha) com forma de lança ou lanceoladas.
Os frutos surgem em enormes cachos (denominados de sâmaras) e atingem os 10-15 cm de comprimento. As flores, em cachos, são arroxeadas e surgem antes das folhas.
Floração ocorre entre fevereiro é abril

DIMENSÃO
Pode ir até 25 metros.

DISTRIBUIÇÃO NA TAPADA NACIONAL DE MAFRA
Junto as linhas de agua.

CURIOSIDADES
Plantada muitas vezes como árvore ornamental ou para servir de proteção das ribeiras.
A sua madeira é de boa qualidade e, por isso, muito usada na carpintaria para o fabrico de cabos de ferramentas
A casca pode ser usada para combater a febre e as sementes, flores e folhas são diuréticas

A member of the Olive tree family and also known as the common ash, the weeping narrow-leafed ash and the desert ash.
Originally from the Mediterranean Region (Southern Europe, Northem Africa and Western Asia).
A deciduous tree that grows naturally throughout. the geographic extent of Portugal.
This tree is generally found on the banks of watercourses, in deciduous forests and on plains and in valleys subject to flooding.

MORPHOLOGY
Tree with high and irregular crown with a grey to dark grey trunk with narrow and deep fissures in the older trees.
The leaves are large and green and contain 6 to 10 leaflets (small leaf sections) either spear or lanceolate shaped.
The fruits appear in enormous bunches (entitled samaras) and reach 10-15 cm in length. The flowers, also growing in bunches, are reddish-purple and blossoming before the leaves appear.
Flowering takes place between February and April.

SIZE
As high as 25 metres.

DISTRIBUTION IN TAPADA NACIONAL DE MAFRA
Located along the watercourses.

INTERESTING FACTS
Commonly it is used as an ornamental tree or to function as protection for rivers and streams.
Its wood is a high-quality one and thus commonly used in carpentry for the manufacture of tool handles.
The bark may be used to fight fever and seeds, flowers and leaves have diuretic properties.
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One of the series of signs found in Tapada - Hunting Park, a world heritage site.

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