Narrow-leaved Ash. The Manna Tree 🌳🍯

The narrow-leaved ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) distinguishes itself from the common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) primarily by its smaller size (reaching up to 20-25 meters in height) and less slender posture. Its habitat is Mediterranean, encompassing southeastern Europe.
The flowers 🌸, inconspicuous, appear before the leaves and are grouped in panicles. Its fruits are the so-called samaras, composed of a seed wrapped in a kind of wing.
The narrow-leaved ash thrives in lowland areas on moist and marshy soils, even enduring occasional water stagnation.
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The narrow-leaved ash can exude a sweetish liquid, “manna” 🍯, from cracks in its bark; the liquid contains an alcohol, mannitol, which can be turned into a slightly laxative syrup.
Photo Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons