Differences between Ash Tree and Tassel Tree

1. Leaf Difference

The ash tree has pinnate leaves, 15 to 25 cm long, with petioles 4 to 6 cm long, straight rachis, 5 to 7 leaflets, which are papery, ovate, obovate-oblong to lanceolate, about 3 to 10 cm long and 2 to 4 cm wide. The leaf tip is sharp, the base is obtuse or cuneate, and the leaf margins have neat serrations.

The leaves of the fringed tree are leathery or thinly leathery, oblong, elliptical or rounded, about 3 to 12 cm long and about 2 to 6.5 cm wide. The tips of the leaves are rounded, sometimes concave or acute, the base is rounded or broadly cuneate or cuneate, the leaves are entire or have small serrations, and the leaf margins are slightly curled.

2. Flower Differences

The panicles of the ash tree are terminal or axillary on the branches, 8 to 10 cm long, with peduncles 2 to 4 cm long. The male flowers are densely packed, the calyx is small, bell-shaped, about 1 mm long, and there is no corolla.

The tassel tree has a cymose panicle inflorescence, 3 to 12 cm long, borne at the end of the branches. The flowers are 1.2 to 2.5 cm long, with a white corolla that is deeply lobed into 4 parts, and the lobes are linear-lanceolate.