Salix balfouriana

Salix balfouriana is a shrub or small tree from the genus of willow (Salix) with reddish black and tomentose hairy young twigs and up to 8 leaf blades, rarely 18 centimeters long. The natural range of the species is in China.

Description

A temperate tree in the Salicaceae family, native to Yunnan.

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Edible Uses

The flowers are edible.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant. In Yunnnan.

Where It Grows

Asia, China,

References (1)

• Zhang, L., et al, 2016, Ethnobotanical study of traditional edible plants used by the Naxi people during droughts. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12:39

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