Plant Details

Accepted name:: Salix × fragilis L. [Salicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Salix × fragilis f. fragilis

Salix × fragilis var. polyandra Neilr.

Salix × fragilis f. vitellina (L.) I.V.Belyaeva

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bid-khesht	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
brittle willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
bruch-weide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bruckweide	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
common crack willow	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
cortex salicis	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
crack willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
fahl-weide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hohe weide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hrökkvíòir	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hybrid crack willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kashmir willow	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
knackweide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
knäckepil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kraakwilg	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
krackweide	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
krhka vrba	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
piilipuu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
rabe remmelgas	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
salice	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
salicis cortex	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Salix, cort. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
saliva	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
salix	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
salix species bark	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
saule cassant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
saule fragile	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
skjorpil	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
skörpil	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sufsaf	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
tilachaang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
törékeny fuz	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
weidenrinde	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
willow	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
willow bark	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Salix, cort. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
éva-fuz	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
branch bark, twig bark		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
cortex		EMA Com. Monog.: Salix, cort. (2007)
Bark		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
branches bark, twigs	bark of the young branches, or whole dried pieces of the current-year twigs	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
stem bark	whole or fragmented dried bark	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
bark	whole or fragmented dried bark of young branches or whole dried pieces of current-year twigs	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
bark from branch	whole or fragmented dried bark from young branch	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
bark	Whole or fragmented dried bark of young branches or whole dried pieces of current-year twigs	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Oisodix × decipiens Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 13 (1838), nom. superfl.
Psatherips × fragilis (L.) Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 15 (1838).
Salix × decipiens Hoffm. Hist. Salic. Ill. 2: 9 (1791), nom. superfl.
Salix × fragilis var. decipiens W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 643 (1837), not validly publ.
Salix × fragilis subsp. pendula Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 287 (1894), not validly publ.
Salix × pendula Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 79 (1815), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Salix fragilis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Salix fragilis L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Salix, cort. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Salix fragilis Linn	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Salix fragilis Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Salix x fragilis L.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Salix × fragilis L.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Salix ×fragilis L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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