| Accepted name: |
Salix purpurea L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Basket Willow
Purple Osier
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| French names: |
Saule pourpre
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Salicales
Family: Salicaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WSALPU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Repeated selection and trials in Europe for the medicinal use of the bark and the leaves as an analgetic and febrifuge, applicated in phytotherapy instead of synthetic salicylic acid, which had widely replaced salicin (1). |
| Key Characters: |
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