Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cape willow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
damara more-bonoku	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
flute willow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kapweide	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kei willow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lyandumaka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maandumuka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
modibonoka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moduwane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moluane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mqcwimbe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
native willow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omurambandu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
river willow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rivierwilg	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
safsaf	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
safsaf willow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
safsafwilger	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umbhenya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umgcunube	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umnculuba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umneunch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umngcunube	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umnyetane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umswi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umthentsema	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umyezana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vaal river willow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vaal wilger	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild willow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wildewilgeboom	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilgeboom	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilgerboom	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
فاصفص	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 53 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Salix capensis Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 139 (1800).
Salix gariepina Burch. Trav. S. Africa 1: 317 (1822).
Salix hirsuta Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 6 (1794).
Salix mucronata subsp. capensis (Thunb.) Immelman Bothalia 17: 173 (1987).
Salix mucronata subsp. woodii (Seemen) Immelman Bothalia 17: 176 (1987), without basionym page no.
Salix safsaf Forssk. ex Trautv. Salicetum: 6 (1836), nom. superfl.
Salix subserrata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 671 (1805).
Salix wilmsii Seemen Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 64: 9 (1900).
Salix woodii Seemen Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 53 (1896).
Pleiarina capensis (Thunb.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 17(2): 4 (1996).
Pleiarina crateradenia (Seemen) N.Chao & G.T.Gong J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 19(4): 14 (1998).
Pleiarina hirsuta (Thunb.) Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 15 (1838), not validly publ.
Pleiarina hirsuta (Thunb.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 17(2): 4 (1996).
Pleiarina huillensis (Seemen) N.Chao & G.T.Gong J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 17(2): 4 (1996).
Pleiarina hutchinsii (Skan) N.Chao & G.T.Gong J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 17(2): 5 (1996).
Pleiarina madagascariensis (Bojer ex Andersson) N.Chao & G.T.Gong J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 17(2): 5 (1996).
Pleiarina mucronata (Thunb.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 17(2): 5 (1996).
Pleiarina murielii (Skan) N.Chao & G.T.Gong J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 19(4): 14 (1998).
Pleiarina nigritina (Seemen) N.Chao & J.Liu J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 31(5): 15 (2010).
Pleiarina nilicola (Ehrenb. ex Toepff.) N.Chao & J.Liu J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 31(5): 15 (2010).
Pleiarina ramiflora (Seemen) N.Chao & J.Liu J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 31(5): 15 (2010).
Pleiarina safsaf (Forssk.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 17(2): 6 (1996), not validly publ.
Pleiarina schweinfurthii (Toepff.) N.Chao & J.Liu J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 31(5): 16 (2010).
Pleiarina subserrata (Willd.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 19(4): 14 (1998).
Pleiarina woodii (Seemen) N.Chao & G.T.Gong J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 17(2): 6 (1996).
Pleiarina woodii var. wilmsii (Seemen) N.Chao & J.Liu J. Sichuan Forest. Sci. Technol. 31(5): 19 (2010).
Salix aegyptiaca Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 76 (1775), nom. illeg.
Salix aegyptiaca Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 6 (1794), nom. illeg.
Salix australis Hils. & Bojer ex Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 1: 77 (1835), nom. illeg., later homonym
Salix axillaris Andersson ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 275 (1850).
Salix blumhardtiana G.W.Schimp. ex Hochst. Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 21 (1841).
Salix crateradenia Seemen Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 64: 9 (1900).
Salix cyathipoda Andersson ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 275 (1850).
Salix huillensis Seemen Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 45 (1897).
Salix hutchinsii Skan Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1917: 235 (1917).
Salix indigena Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 76 (1775).
Salix madagascariensis Bojer ex Andersson Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 6(1): 15 (1867).
Salix mucronata subsp. hirsuta (Thunb.) Immelman Bothalia 17: 173 (1987).
Salix mucronata subsp. subserrata (Willd.) R.H.Archer & Jordaan Bothalia 35: 92 (2005).
Salix mucronata subsp. wilmsii (Seemen) Immelman Bothalia 17: 176 (1987).
Salix murielii Skan Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1917: 235 (1917).
Salix natalensis Wimm. ex Andersson Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 6(1): 14 (1867).
Salix nigerica Skan Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1917: 236 (1917).
Salix nigritina Seemen Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 46 (1897).
Salix nilicola Ehrenb. ex Toepff. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 502 (1913).
Salix octandra Sieber ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 276 (1850).
Salix ramiflora Seemen Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 45 (1897).
Salix safsaf Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 76 (1775), nom. nud.
Salix schweinfurthii Toepff. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 502 (1913).
Salix schweinfurthii Skan Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1917: 237 (1917), nom. illeg.
Salix subserrata var. cyathipoda (Andersson ex A.Rich.) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XX (1969).
Salix woodii var. wilmsii Skan in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(2): 578 (1925).
Salix zeyheri Sond. ex Fries Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 13: 121 (1856).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Salix capensis	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Salix capensis Thunb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Salix gariepina Burch.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Salix hirsuta Thunb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Salix mucronata Thunb.	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Salix mucronata Thunb. subsp. capensis (Thunb.) Immelman	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Salix mucronata Thunb. subsp. capensis (Thunb.) K.L.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Salix mucronata Thunb. subsp. mucronata	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Salix mucronata Thunb. subsp. woodii (Seemen) Immelman	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Salix mucronata Thunberg	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Salix safsaf Forssk. ex Trautv.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Salix subserrata	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Salix subserrata Willd.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Salix subserrata Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Salix wilmsii Seemen	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Salix woodi Seeman	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Salix woodii Seemen	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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