Chionanthus retusus
Chionanthus retusus, the Chinese fringetree, is a flowering plant in the family Oleaceae. It is native to eastern Asia: eastern and central China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
It is a deciduous shrub or small to medium-sized tree growing to in height, with thick, fissured bark. The leaves are long and broad, simple ovate to oblong-elliptic, with a hairy, long petiole. The flowers are white, produced in panicles long. The fruit is a blue-black drupe long and in diameter.
It is cultivated in Europe and North America as an ornamental tree, valued for its feathery white flowerheads.Gallery
