Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aarqe-bede-mushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arq baid mushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakko-yanagi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
balqiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bed mushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bed-mushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bede-mushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bedmushi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bedmushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bredina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
garba-e-baid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goat willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
great sallow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gul baid mushk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gurba bed	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
huang hua liu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
iva koz'ja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jalavetasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khallaaf-e-balkhee	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khilaf	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kilmarnock willow	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lcan ma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ma-el-khilaf	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maul-khilaf	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mushk bed	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mushk-e-baid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musk willow	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pussy or goat willow	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pussy willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qilaf balaqi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakita	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sallow	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
salweide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sälg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
vajjula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanjula	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
varnara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vetasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vidula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, bark, leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
flower	dried flower (catkins)	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 73 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amerina tomentosa Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 15 (1838), not validly publ.
Capraea vulgaris Opiz Seznam: 25 (1852).
Nectopix caprea (L.) Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 14 (1838).
Nectopix sphacelata Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 14 (1838), not validly publ.
Salix aquatica Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 231 (1779).
Salix aurigerana Lapeyr. Hist. Pl. Pyrénées: 598 (1813).
Salix aurigerana var. angustilobia Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 41 (1919).
Salix bakko Kimura Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 568 (1928).
Salix caprea var. alpina Gaudin Fl. Helv. 6: 240 (1830).
Salix caprea var. androgyna (Ser.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 11 (1827).
Salix caprea var. angustifolia (Ser.) Gaudin Fl. Helv. 6: 240 (1830).
Salix caprea var. coaetanea Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 3: 236 (1838).
Salix caprea subsp. coaetanea (Hartm.) Hiitonen Suom. Kasvio (Otava): 269 (1933).
Salix caprea f. digyna Brenner Meddeland. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 35: 6 (1909).
Salix caprea f. elongata (Nakai) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 204 (1979).
Salix caprea subsp. hultenii Kom. Fl. Kamtschatka 2: 11 (1929).
Salix caprea var. humilior Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 2: 272 (1832).
Salix caprea var. ishidoyana (Nakai) M.Kim Korean Endemic Pl.: 157 (2017).
Salix caprea f. kilmarnocki Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 25 (1903).
Salix caprea var. lanata Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 170 (1831).
Salix caprea var. lanatifolia Björnstr. Glasn. Zemaljsk. Muz. Bosne Hercegovine Sarajevu Prir. Nauke: 34 (1856).
Salix caprea f. latifolia Andersson Monogr. Salicum: 76 (1867).
Salix caprea var. macrophylla (Ser.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 11 (1827).
Salix caprea var. orbicularis Andersson Monogr. Salicum: 77 (1867).
Salix caprea f. ovata Andersson Monogr. Salicum: 76 (1867).
Salix caprea f. pendula (T.Lang) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 78 (1949).
Salix caprea var. pendula T.Lang Gard. Chron. 1853: 85 (1853).
Salix caprea var. ramuliflorus Tucović & V.Isajev Bull. Inst. Jard. Bot. Univ. Belgrade 21: 66 (1987), without latin descr.
Salix caprea var. rotundifolia (Ser.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 11 (1827).
Salix caprea subsp. sericea (Andersson) Flod. in C.A.M.Lindman, Sv. Fanerogamfl., ed. 2: 210 (1926).
Salix caprea var. sericea Andersson Monogr. Salicum: 78 (1867).
Salix caprea subsp. sphacelata (Hartm.) Macreight Man. Brit. Bot.: 212 (1837).
Salix caprea var. sphacelata (Sm.) Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl.: 352 (1820).
Salix caprea var. sphacelata (Sm.) Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl.: 352 (1820).
Salix caprea f. subglabra (Y.L.Chang & Skvortsov) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 204 (1979).
Salix caprea var. tenuifolia (Ser.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 12 (1827).
Salix caprea var. ternata (Ser.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 11 (1827).
Salix caprea var. tomentosa Lecoq & Lamotte Cat. Pl. Plateau Central: 337 (1847).
Salix caprea var. tomentosa Fl. Belg.: 11 (1827), not validly publ.
Salix caprea f. tricolor K.Koch Dendrologie 2: 563 (1872), not validly publ.
Salix caprina Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 148 (1867).
Salix coaetanea (Hartm.) Flod. Bot. Not. 1930: 331 (1930).
Salix grandifolia Fr. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 667 (1828), not validly publ.
Salix hallaisanensis H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 435 (1912).
Salix hallaisanensis f. elongata Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 18: 135 (1930).
Salix hallaisanensis var. longifolia Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 32: 31 (1918).
Salix hallaisanensis var. nervosa H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 435 (1911).
Salix hallaisanensis var. orbicularis Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 18: 131 (1930).
Salix hultenii Flod. Ark. Bot. 20A(6): 51 (1926).
Salix hultenii f. angustifolia (Kimura) Kimura Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, Biol. (1962).
Salix hultenii var. angustifolia Kimura J. Fac. Agr. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. Sapporo 26: 415 (1934).
Salix hultenii var. elongata (Nakai) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 31: 78 (1952).
Salix idae Goerz Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 126 (1930).
Salix ishidoyana Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 25 (1917).
Salix lanata Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 3: 777 (1789), nom. illeg.
Salix lanata Lightf. Fl. Scot. 2: 602 (1777), nom. illeg.
Salix praecox Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 394 (1796).
Salix raddeana var. subglabra Y.L.Chang & Skvortsov Ill. Fl. Ligneous Pl. N. E. China: 558 (1955).
Salix silesiaca Fr. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 667 (1828), not validly publ.
Salix sphacelata Sm. Fl. Brit. 3: 1066 (1804).
Salix tomentosa Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 14 (1815), nom. superfl.
Salix tomentosa var. abortiva Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 18 (1815).
Salix tomentosa var. androgyna Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 16 (1815).
Salix tomentosa var. angustifolia Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 17 (1815).
Salix tomentosa var. brevistachia Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 17 (1815).
Salix tomentosa var. geminata Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 15 (1815).
Salix tomentosa var. macrophylla Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 17 (1815).
Salix tomentosa var. macrostachia Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 16 (1815).
Salix tomentosa var. monstruosa Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 16 (1815).
Salix tomentosa var. rotundifolia Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 17 (1815).
Salix tomentosa var. tenuifolia Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 17 (1815).
Salix tomentosa var. ternata Ser. Essai Saules Suisse: 16 (1815).
Salix ulmifolia Thuill. Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 2: 518 (1799), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Salix caprea L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Salix caprea Linn.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)

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