MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MT131 : Salix babylonica L. |
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| Plant Category : | Tree | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | SALICACEAE | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Weeping Willow, Peking Willow, Babylon weeping willow | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Salix annularis Forbes Salix babylonica f. pekinensis (A.Henry) Geerinck Salix babylonica f. pendula (C.K.Schneid.) Geerinck Salix babylonica f. rokkaku A. Kimura Salix babylonica f. tortuosa (A.Vilm.) Geerinck Salix babylonica f. umbraculifera (Rehder) Geerinck Salix babylonica f. villosa C.F. Fang Salix cantoniensis Hance Salix fauriei Seemen Salix japonica C.P. Thunberg ex A. Murray Salix napoleona Hort. ex G. Don Salix pendula Salisb. Salix propendens Chaub. |
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| Description : | a charming ornamental tree, widely cultivated for its weeping branches which give a romantic effect, especially when the tree is on a water bank. It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree, growing up to 20-25 m tall. It grows rapidly, but has a short lifespan. The shoots are yellowish-brown, with small buds. The leaves are spirally arranged on slender, hanging branches. Leaves are narrow, light green, 4-16 cm long and 0.5-2 cm broad, with finely serrate margins and long tapering tips. They turn a gold-yellow in autumn. The flowers are arranged in catkins produced early in the spring. Weeping Willow has male and female flowers on separate trees. Weeping Willow is extensive in cultivation all over the world. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The leaves and bark are antirheumatic, astringent and tonic. A decoction of the leaves is used in the treatment of abscesses, carbuncle, fever, rheumatism, skin diseases, ulcers etc. An infusion of the bark has been used to treat Diarrhea and fevers. The bark can be used as a poultice. The stem bark is used in the treatment of skin eruptions due to parasites. The root bark is used in a bath for the treatment of parasitic skin diseases. A gum from the stems is used in the treatment of foul sores. The down of the seeds is used in the treatment of fevers, haemorrhages, jaundice, rheumatism etc. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | salicin salicylic acid Cyanidin Delphinidin Gallocatechin pyrocatechol Sachaliside salicortin Salidroside Tremuloidin Vimalin |
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| Reference : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
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