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Fraxinus insularis
Chinese flowering ash
As recorded: Fraxinus insularis Hemsl.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Oleaceae
- Collected by
- Sonohara, S.
- Collector number
- 76
- Date
- August 1951
- Locality
- Okinawa Prefecture: Kunigami-gun
- Island
- Okinawa
- Region
- Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Fraxinus insularis observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1951. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 150 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-11.

2026-10-11
New Taipei, TW-NT-TP, TW
(c) 艸目伊, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-11
Hualien, TW-TA, TW
(c) Casper, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-24
111台灣臺北市士林區溪山里
(c) 許文俊, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2026-07-18
Okinawa, JP
(c) Hiroki Shudo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-21
Taipei, TW-TP, TW
(c) kevinlin2022, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-06
Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
(c) MP Zhou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Fraxinus insularis. BISH 49274. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956365661. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/49274.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956365661 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
