Plant Details

Accepted name:

Salix purpurea L. [Salicaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

See all 3

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

Salix purpurea f. gracilis Wimm.

Salix purpurea subsp. purpurea

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
basket willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pupurweide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
purple osier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
rödvide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
salcio da vimini	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
salcio rosso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
salgueiro-de-casca-roxa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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 Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
salix purpurea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sargatillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sauce colorado	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
saule	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
saule pourpre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
weidenrinde	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
wierzba purpurowa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
willow	Other	Herbal Medicines, 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		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
cortex		EMA Com. Monog.: Salix, cort. (2007)
Bark		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
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:

synonym
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 Medicines, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Salix purpurea Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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