Salix sieboldiana

Salix sieboldiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Salicaceae
Genus:Salix
Species: S. sieboldiana
Binomial name
Salix sieboldiana

Salix sieboldiana is a species of willow native to Kyūshū (Japan). It is a deciduous shrub or small tree.

The Latin specific epithet sieboldiana refers to German physician and botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866).[1]

The bark of the tree contains flavanols and procyanidins.[2]

References

  1. D. Gledhill The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants, p. 107, at Google Books
  2. Hsu, Feng-Lin; Nonaka, Gen-Ichiro; Nishioka, Itsuo (1985). "Acylated flavanols and procyanidins from Salix sieboldiana". Phytochemistry. 24 (9): 2089–2092. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83128-3. Retrieved 31 August 2017.


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