Plant Details

Accepted name:: Salix purpurea L. [Salicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Salix purpurea subsp. eburnea (Borzì) Cif. & Giacom. ex S.Pignatti

Salix purpurea f. gracilis Wimm.

Salix purpurea subsp. leucodermis Yalt.

Salix purpurea subsp. purpurea

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
basket willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bidsorkh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
cortex salicis	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hong pi liu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
morvár	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
osier rouge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pupurweide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
purple osier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
purple willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
purpur pil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
rödvide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
salcio da vimini	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
salcio rosso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
salgueiro-de-casca-roxa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
salix	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
salix purpurea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
salix species bark	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
sargatillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sauce colorado	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
saule	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
saule pourpre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
shui yang gen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shui yang zhi ye	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sorkhbid	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
stein-weide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
weidenrinde	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
wierzba purpurowa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
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)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
branch bark, twig bark		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
stem bark		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
cortex		EMA Com. Monog.: Salix, cort. (2007)
Bark		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
branches bark, twigs	bark of the young branches, or whole dried pieces of the current-year twigs	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
root, twig & leaf		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
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 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Knafia purpurea (L.) Opiz Seznam: 56 (1852).
Salix helix var. purpurea (L.) Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 201 (1825).
Salix monandra Ard. Mem. Osserv. Var. Piante 1: 67 (1766), nom. superfl.
Salix monandra var. purpurea (L.) Boenn. Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal.: 297 (1824), nom. superfl.
Vetrix purpurea (L.) Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 13 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Salix purpurea	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Salix purpurea 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) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Salix purpurea Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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