Fringe Tree

Fringe Tree (Chionanthus), a genus of Oleaceae, of which the common species or Fringe Tree or Snowflower (C. virginica), found in the United States from 39° lat. to the Gulf of Mexico, is a large shrub with very numerous snow-white flowers in panicle racemes. The limb of the corolla is divided into four long linear segments, whence the name fringe tree. The fruit is an oval drupe. The tree is frequently cultivated as an ornamental plant. The root bark is narcotic.