🪶Indigenous / Native American
Black Ash
Fraxinus nigra
About Black Ash
Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Arthritis, Skin Health, and Edema. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Fraxinus nigra (black ash) is a species of ash native to much of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, from western Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Illinois and northern Virginia. Formerly abundant, as of 2014 the species is threatened with near total extirpation throughout its range, as a result of infestation by a parasitic insect known as the emerald ash borer.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both