raxinus 

/ˈfræksɪnəs/,[4] English name ash, is a genus of flowering plants in

the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees,
mostly deciduous, though a number of subtropical species are evergreen. The genus is widespread
across much of Europe, Asia, and North America.[3][5][6][7][8]
The leaves are opposite (rarely in whorls of three), and mostly pinnately compound, simple in a
few species. The seeds, popularly known as "keys" or "helicopter seeds", are a type of fruit known
as a samara. Some Fraxinus species are dioecious, having male and female flowers on separate
plants but sex in ash is expressed as a continuum between male and female individuals, dominated
by unisexual trees. With age, ash may change their sexual function from predominantly male and
hermaphrodite towards femaleness;[9] if grown as an ornamental and both sexes are present, ashes
can cause a considerable litter problem with their seeds. Rowans or mountain ashes have leaves
and buds superficially similar to those of true ashes, but belong to the unrelated genus Sorbus in
the rose family.
Dehiscence is the splitting, at maturity, along a built-in line of weakness in a plant structure in order
to release its contents, and is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia. Sometimes this
involves the complete detachment of a part. Structures that open in this way are said to
be dehiscent. Structures that do not open in this way are called indehiscent, and rely on other
mechanisms such as decay or predation to release the contents.
A similar process to dehiscence occurs in some flower buds (e.g., Platycodon, Fuchsia), but this is
rarely referred to as dehiscence unless circumscissile dehiscence is involved; anthesis is the usual
term for the opening of flowers. Dehiscence may or may not involve the loss of a structure through
the process of abscission. The lost structures are said to be caducous.