About Indian Willow
Salix tetrasperma, commonly called Indian willow, is a medium-sized tree of wet and swampy places, shedding its leaves at the end of monsoon season. It flowers after leafing. The bark is rough, with deep, vertical fissures and the young shoots leaves are silky. The leaves are lance-like, or ovate-lancelike, 8–15 cm long, with minutely and regularly toothed margins. The male sweet scented catkins are 5–10 cm long, and are borne on leafy branchlets. The female catkins are 8–12 cm long. The capsules are long, stipulate, in groups of 3 to 4. It grows in many parts of south and southeastern Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Laos, and Thailand.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Salix tetrasperma
- Genus
- Salix
- Family
- SALICACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Afghanistan, Indo-China, Malesia, South China, Nepal
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- बक्षेल Bakshel, बेद लैला Bed-Laila, बेधा Bedha
- Nepali
- बैंश Bainsh
- Bengali
- বিয়াস Biyasa, বৈশাখী Boishakhi, পানী জমা Pani Joma
- Tamil
- ஆற்றுப்பாலை Arru-P-Palai, சுவேதம் Cuvetam, நீர்வஞ்சி Nir-Vanci
- Kannada
- ಬೈಚೆ ಮರ Baiche Mara, ಹೊಳೆಬೋಸಿ Holebosi, ನೀರವಂಜಿ Neeravanji
- Malayalam
- വഞ്ചി Vanji, വഞ്ചി, Salix tetrasperma
- Marathi
- बाका Baaka, बच्चा Bachcha, बितसा Bitasa
Salicaceae
Willow Family
Indian Willow belongs to the Salicaceae family.
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