Salicaceae
Willow Family
The Salicaceae family (Willow Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Malpighiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 2 species. Its members are predominantly trees. Familiar examples include weeping willow and Indian Willow.
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Simple, often narrow, finely toothed leaves on trees and shrubs with flexible, easily rooted stems; tiny, petal-less, wind- or insect-pollinated flowers cluster along a soft, often fuzzy catkin on separate male and female trees.
Willow bark contains salicin, the natural precursor compound from which aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) was chemically derived.
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Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Notable members
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