What is the alternative English name for the rowan tree?
"is attested from the 1520s in the sense ""fruit of the service tree"", adopted via French ""sorbe"" from Latin ""sorbum"" ""service-berry"". ""Sorbus domestica"" is also known as ""whitty pear"", the adjective whitty meaning ""pinnate"". The name ""mountain-ash"" for ""Sorbus domestica"" is due to a superficial similarity of the rowan leaves to those of the ash, not to be confused in ""Fraxinus ornus"", a true ash that is also known as ""mountain ash"". ""Sorbus torminalis"" is also known as ""chequer tree""; its fruits, formerly used to flavour beer, are called ""chequers"", perhaps from the spotted pattern of the fruit. The name"
"""rowan"" is recorded from 1804, detached from an earlier rowan-tree, rountree, attested from the 1540s in northern dialects of English and Scots. It is from a North Germanic source, derived from Old Norse ""reynir"" (c.f. Norwegian ""rogn"", Danish ""røn"", Swedish ""rönn""), ultimately from the Germanic verb ""*raud-inan"" ""to redden"", in reference to the berries (as is the Latin name ""sorbus""). Various dialectal variants of ""rowan"" are found in English, including ""ran, roan, rodan, royan, royne, round, rune"". The Old English name of the rowan is ""cwic-beám"", which survives in the name quickbeam (also quicken, quicken-tree, and variants). This name by"
"some countries, but ""Sorbus domestica"", for example, has largely vanished from Britain, where it was traditionally appreciated. Natural hybrids, often including ""Sorbus aucuparia"" and the whitebeam, ""Sorbus aria"", give rise to many endemic variants in the UK. The traditional names of the rowan are those applied to the species ""Sorbus aucuparia"", ""Sorbus torminalis"" (wild service-tree), and ""Sorbus domestica"" (true service-tree). The Latin name ""sorbus"" was borrowed into Old English as ""syrfe"". The name ""service-tree"" for ""Sorbus domestica"" is derived from that name by folk etymology. The Latin name ""sorbus"" is from a root for ""red, reddish-brown"" (PIE ""*sor-/*ser-""); English ""sorb"""
"Rowan The rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus ""Sorbus"" of the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in the mountains of western China and the Himalaya, where numerous apomictic microspecies occur. The name ""rowan"" was originally applied to the species ""Sorbus aucuparia"" and is also used for other species in ""Sorbus"" subgenus ""Sorbus"". Formerly, when a wider variety of fruits were commonly eaten in Europe and North America, ""Sorbus"" was a domestically used fruit throughout these regions. It is still used in"
"it is also recorded as a Gaulish name for the yew (which also has red berries), see also ""Eburodunum (disambiguation)"". The Welsh name ""criafol ""refers to the tree as ""lamenting fruit"", associating the red fruit with the blood of Christ, as Welsh tradition believed the Cross was carved from the wood of this tree. Rowans are mostly small deciduous trees 10–20 m tall, though a few are shrubs. Rowans are unrelated to the true ash trees of the genus ""Fraxinus"", family Oleaceae. Though their leaves are superficially similar, those of ""Sorbus"" are alternate, while those of ""Fraxinus"" are opposite. Rowan"
"to be palatable when raw. Collecting them after first frost (or putting in the freezer) cuts down on the bitter taste as well. The European rowan (""Sorbus aucuparia"") has a long tradition in European mythology and folklore. It was thought to be a magical tree and give protection against malevolent beings. The tree was also called ""wayfarer's tree"" or ""traveller's tree"" because it supposedly prevents those on a journey from getting lost. It was said in England that this was the tree on which the Devil hanged his mother. British folklorists of the Victorian era reported the folk belief in"
"of the location. The species is named after Glen Catacol where it was found and one of the two surviving plants is thought to be more than fifty years old. Sorbus pseudomeinichii Sorbus pseudomeinichii, known as false rowan and Catacol whitebeam, is a rare tree endemic to the Isle of Arran in south west Scotland. It is believed to have arisen as a hybrid of the native rowan (""Sorbus aucuparia"") and the cut-leaved whitebeam (""Sorbus pseudofennica"") which is in turn a rowan/Arran whitebeam (""Sorbus arranensis"") hybrid. Only two specimens of the Catacol whitebeam are known, making it the rarest tree"
"and the flowers' beauty are common in celtic music. For example, the song Marie's Wedding contains the verse, ""Red her cheeks as rowans are, Bright her eyes as any star, Fairest of them all by far, Is our darling Marie."" Rowan The rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus ""Sorbus"" of the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in the mountains of western China and the Himalaya, where numerous apomictic microspecies occur. The name ""rowan"" was originally applied to the species ""Sorbus aucuparia"""
"Sorbus aucuparia Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called rowan and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family. It is a highly variable species, and botanists have used different definitions of the species to include or exclude trees native to certain areas; a recent definition includes trees native to most of Europe and parts of Asia, as well as northern Africa. The range extends from Madeira and Iceland to Russia and northern China. Unlike many plants with similar distributions, it is not native to Japan. ""S. aucuparia"" has a slender trunk with smooth bark, a loose and"
"the 19th century was reinterpreted as connected to the word witch, from a dialectal variant ""wick"" for quick and names such as wicken-tree, wich-tree, wicky, wiggan-tree, giving rise to names such as witch-hazel and witch-tree. The Old Irish name is ""cairtheand"", reflected in Modern Irish ""caorann"". The ""arboreal"" ""Bríatharogam"" in the ""Book of Ballymote"" associates the rowan with the letter ""luis"", with the gloss ""delightful to the eye (""li sula"") is ""luis"", i.e. rowan (""caertheand""), owing to the beauty of its berries"". Due to this, ""delight of the eye"" (vel sim.) has been reported as a ""name of the rowan"""
"Sorbus forrestii Sorbus forrestii, Forrest’s rowan, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to Western China. Growing to tall and broad, it is a spreading deciduous tree with leaves up to long, each divided into up to 19 leaflets (pinnate). White flowers in spring are followed by masses of white berries with pink tips in autumn. The Latin specific epithet ""forrestii"" honours the Scottish botanist and plant collector George Forrest (1873-1932), who brought thousands of plant specimens and seeds back to Britain. Forrest had his base in North West Yunnan, which is where ""S. forrestii"" originally"
"comes from. This hardy tree is suitable for cultivation in parks and large gardens. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Sorbus forrestii Sorbus forrestii, Forrest’s rowan, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to Western China. Growing to tall and broad, it is a spreading deciduous tree with leaves up to long, each divided into up to 19 leaflets (pinnate). White flowers in spring are followed by masses of white berries with pink tips in autumn. The Latin specific epithet ""forrestii"" honours the Scottish botanist and plant collector George Forrest (1873-1932),"
"European trees, occurring to 71° north in Vardø in Arctic Norway, and has also become widely naturalised in northern North America. The greatest diversity of form as well as the largest number of rowan species is in Asia, with very distinctive species such as Sargent's rowan ""Sorbus sargentiana"" with large leaves 20–35 cm long and 15–20 cm broad and very large corymbs with 200–500 flowers, and at the other extreme, small-leaf rowan ""Sorbus microphylla"" with leaves 8–12 cm long and 2.5–3 cm broad. While most are trees, the dwarf rowan ""Sorbus reducta"" is a low shrub to 50 cm tall."
"Pseudoweinmannia lachnocarpa Pseudoweinmannia lachnocarpa is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. Common names include rose marara, mararie, scrub rosewood and red carabeen. The species name ""lachnocarpa"" is from the Greek, referring to the ""woolly fruit"". The genus name refers to the similarity of another genus, ""Weinmannia"", after the German eighteenth century pharmacist J.W. Weinmann. Originally described by Ferdinand von Mueller as ""Weinmannia lachnocarpa"" in 1874, it was given its current name in 1930 by Adolf Engler. It is a member of the Cunoniaceae family. This tree is found in prime rainforest situations, on the better alluvial and volcanic soils with"
"and flexible wood has traditionally been used for woodworking. It is planted to fortify soil in mountain regions or as an ornamental tree and has several cultivars. The binomial name ""Sorbus aucuparia"" is composed of the Latin words ""sorbus"" for service tree and ""aucuparia"", which derives from the words ""avis"" for ""bird"" and ""capere"" for ""catching"" and describes the use of the fruit of ""S. aucuparia"" as bait for fowling. The plant is commonly known as rowan and mountain-ash, and has also been called Amur mountain-ash, European mountain-ash, quick beam, quickbeam, or rowan-berry. The names rowan and mountain ash may"
"Sycamore Gap Tree The Sycamore Gap Tree or Robin Hood Tree is a sycamore tree standing next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England. It is located in a dramatic dip in the landscape and is a popular photographic subject, described as one of the most photographed trees in the country. It derives its alternative name from featuring in a prominent scene in the 1991 film """". The tree won the 2016 England Tree of the Year award. The Sycamore Gap Tree is by Hadrian's Wall, between Milecastle 39 and Crag Lough, about west of Housesteads Roman Fort"
"gradually evolving towards a new type of tree which will probably look very similar to a rowan."" Dr. Ashley Robertson of Bristol University, who helped discover the species, said: ""It is not an evolutionary dead end. It is evolution in action"". The new species is the third endemic whitebeam found on Arran (after the Arran whitebeam and the cut-leaved whitebeam) and combines the red berries of a rowan with the oval leaves of a whitebeam. The trees are currently within a deer fence which will be extended - delivery of materials by helicopter will be necessary due to the remoteness"
"Sorbus pseudomeinichii Sorbus pseudomeinichii, known as false rowan and Catacol whitebeam, is a rare tree endemic to the Isle of Arran in south west Scotland. It is believed to have arisen as a hybrid of the native rowan (""Sorbus aucuparia"") and the cut-leaved whitebeam (""Sorbus pseudofennica"") which is in turn a rowan/Arran whitebeam (""Sorbus arranensis"") hybrid. Only two specimens of the Catacol whitebeam are known, making it the rarest tree in Scotland and also the United Kingdom. A third was recorded as a sapling but is believed to have been destroyed by deer. A seedling has also been grown in"
"of ""serve"", from Old English ""syrfe"", borrowed from the Latin name ""sorbus""; it is unrelated to the verb ""serve"". Other English names include sorb, sorb tree, and whitty pear—""whitty"" because the leaves are similar to rowan (i.e. pinnate), and ""pear"" due to the nature of the fruit. Sorbus domestica Sorbus domestica, with the common name service tree or sorb tree (because of its fruit), is a species of ""Sorbus"" native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa (Atlas Mountains), and southwest Asia (east to the Caucasus). It may be called true service tree, to distinguish it from wild service"
"harvest but be followed by a severe winter. ""S. aucuparia"" is used in the coats of arms of the German municipalities Ebernhahn, Eschenrode, and Hermsdorf, and of the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Rowan is part of the coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and the logo of both Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors. Sorbus aucuparia Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called rowan and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family. It is a highly variable species, and botanists have used different definitions of the species to include or exclude trees native"
"apotropaic powers of the rowan-tree, in particular in the warding off of witches. Such a report is given by Edwin Lees (1856) for the Wyre Forest in the English West Midlands. Sir James Frazer (1890) reported such a tradition in Scotland, where the tree was often planted near a gate or front door. According to Frazer, birds' droppings often contain rowan seeds, and if such droppings land in a fork or hole where old leaves have accumulated on a larger tree, such as an oak or a maple, they may result in a rowan growing as an epiphyte on the"
"Rattan Rattan (from the Malay ""rotan"") is the name for roughly 600 species of old world climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae (from the Greek 'kálamos' = reed). Rattan is also known as ""manila"", or ""malacca"", named after the ports of shipment Manila and Malacca City, and as ""manau"" (from the Malay ""rotan manau"", the trade name for ""Calamus manan"" canes in Southeast Asia). The climbing habit is associated with the characteristics of its flexible woody stem, derived typically from a secondary growth, makes rattan a liana rather than a true wood. Calamoideae also includes tree palms such as Raphia"
"berries, but a true berry is a simple fruit produced from a single ovary, whereas a pome is an accessory fruit. Rowan is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species; see Lepidoptera that feed on ""Sorbus"". The best-known species is the European rowan ""Sorbus aucuparia"", a small tree typically 4–12 m tall growing in a variety of habitats throughout northern Europe and in mountains in southern Europe and southwest Asia. Its berries are a favourite food for many birds and are a traditional wild-collected food in Britain and Scandinavia. It is one of the hardiest"
"published the epithet was written as ""esserteauiana"". However, according to ICBN (Vienna Code) Art. 60.11 and 60C.1(c), the connecting vowel ""-i-"" in it is unnecessary and thus must be deleted. Sorbus esserteauana Sorbus esserteauana, commonly known as Esserteau's rowan, is a species of rowan. It is a small tree, typically tall growing in mountain thickets and cliffs. It is an endemic species to China, being only found in western Sichuan. It has small white flowers and small red berries that are actually a pome fruit. Unlike all other species of ""Sorbus"", the fruit are hard and inedible to humans, but"
"larger tree. Such a rowan is called a ""flying rowan"" and was thought of as especially potent against witches and black magic, and as a counter-charm against sorcery. In 1891, Charles Godfrey Leland also reported traditions of rowan's apotropaic powers against witches in English folklore, citing the ""Denham Tracts"" (collected between 1846 and 1859). Rowan also serves as protection against fairies. For example, according to Thomas Keightley mortals could safely witness fairy rades (mounted processions held by the fairies each year at the onset of summer) by placing a rowan branch over their doors. In Norse mythology, the goddess Sif"
"translating Arabic to Latin around 1170, spelled it ""tarasacon"". The English name, dandelion, is a corruption of the French ""dent de lion"" meaning ""lion's tooth"", referring to the coarsely toothed leaves. The plant is also known as blowball, cankerwort, doon-head-clock, witch's gowan, milk witch, lion's-tooth, yellow-gowan, Irish daisy, monks-head, priest's-crown, and puff-ball; other common names include ""faceclock"", ""pee-a-bed"", ""wet-a-bed"", ""swine's snout"", white endive, and wild endive. The English folk name ""piss-a-bed"" (and indeed the equivalent contemporary French """") refers to the strong diuretic effect of the plant's roots. In various northeastern Italian dialects, the plant is known as ""pisacan"" (""dog"
"rake spikes. The fruit of European rowan (""Sorbus aucuparia"") can be made into a slightly bitter jelly which in Britain is traditionally eaten as an accompaniment to game, and into jams and other preserves, on their own, or with other fruit. The fruit can also be a substitute for coffee beans, and has many uses in alcoholic beverages: to flavour liqueurs and cordials, to produce country wine, and to flavour ale. In Austria a clear rowan schnapps is distilled which is called by its German name ""Vogelbeerschnaps"". Czechs also make a rowan liquor called ""jeřabinka"" and the Welsh used to"
"continues to treat ""N. rowaniae"" as a heterotypic synonym of ""N. mirabilis"" in his Carnivorous Plant Database. According to the ICBN, the correct spelling of this taxon's name is ""Nepenthes rowaniae"", as the epithet is based on the personal name Rowan. There is only one correct way to form this epithet (in the genitive: Rec 60C.1.b.) and the resulting correct spelling is mandatory; any usage of the spelling ""rowanae"" is to be corrected to ""rowaniae"" (Art 60.11). However, the literature tends to use ""Nepenthes rowanae"", instead. Nepenthes rowaniae Nepenthes rowaniae (; after Ellis Rowan, Australian naturalist and illustrator) is a"
"1,000 m. The Spanish name ""emborrachacabras"" (i.e. ""getting goats drunk"") refers to the leaves' intoxicating effect on goats that eat them. The French name is (""Corroyère à feuilles de myrte""). The Occitan name (""rodor"") and Catalan name (""roldor"") derive from Latin ""Rhus tyrius"" (""Rhus coriaria""), referring to the leaves' use in the traditional tannery industry. The root nodules of this plant carry out symbiotic nitrogen fixation, ""Coriaria myrtifolia"" is one of the 13 Coriaria species known to bear actinorhizae The Redoul is a shrub with branches greyish square section. The leaves are sessile, mostly opposite but sometimes in groups of"
"Sorbus esserteauana Sorbus esserteauana, commonly known as Esserteau's rowan, is a species of rowan. It is a small tree, typically tall growing in mountain thickets and cliffs. It is an endemic species to China, being only found in western Sichuan. It has small white flowers and small red berries that are actually a pome fruit. Unlike all other species of ""Sorbus"", the fruit are hard and inedible to humans, but they are eaten by birds that scatter the seeds. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens and parks for its decorative fruit and because it attracts birds. When"
"""*īhaz"" (""*ēhaz"", PIE ""*""), continued in Old English as ""ēoh"" (also ""īh""), and ""*īwaz"" (""*ēwaz"", Proto-Indo-European ""*""), continued in Old English as ""īw"" (whence ""yew""). The latter is possibly an early loan from the Celtic, compare Gaulish ""ivos"", Breton ""ivin"", Welsh ""ywen"", Old Irish ""ēo"". The common spelling of the rune's name, ""Eihwaz"", combines the two variants; strictly based on the Old English evidence, a spelling ""Eihaz"" would be more proper. The Anglo-Saxon rune poem: The rune is sometimes associated with the World tree Yggdrasil, which, imagined as an ash in Norse mythology, may formerly have been a yew or"
"autumn. The flowers are 5–7 mm diameter, with five white petals and 20 yellowish-white stamens; they are produced in corymbs 6–10 cm diameter in late spring to early summer. The fruit is a pome 5–8 mm diameter, bright pink with persistent sepals, maturing in late autumn. There are two varieties: It is grown as an ornamental tree, valued for its white fruit contrasting with the orange autumn colour. In cultivation, it has often been confused with the related ""Sorbus glabrescens"" (white-fruited rowan) and ""Sorbus oligodonta"" (kite-leaf rowan) from southwestern China. The former differs in being a larger tree (to 15"
"in the Javanese language it is known as the ""upas"" or ""ancar"". In the Indonesian language it is known as ""bemu"". In the related official language of the Philippines, Filipino, ""upas"", and in Malaysia's Malaysian language as ""Ipoh"" or ""ancar"". In Thai it is the ยางน่อง (yangnong). In Mandinka, it is the ""jafo"" and in Wolof the ""kan"" or ""man"". The Chinese of Hainan Island, refer to the tree as the ""Poison Arrow Tree"" ( — ""Arrow Poison Wood,"") because its latex was smeared on arrowheads in ancient times by the Li people for use in hunting and warfare. Currently"