Red Ash (Alphitonia excelsa)
Alphitonia excelsa is a native tree, up to 30m, known for sarsaparilla-scented crushed leaves and saponin-rich bark used as soap. Dark green leaves have silvery.
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Synonyms
Ceanothus excelsa (Fenzl) Steud.
Colubrina excelsa Fenzl
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classMagnoliopsida
- orderRosales
- familyRhamnaceae
- genusAlphitonia
- speciesAlphitonia excelsa