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Salix delavayana

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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department

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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department

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Salix delavayana is a shrub or small tree from the genus willow (Salix) with mostly 3 to 8 centimeters long leaf blades. The natural range of the species is in the south of China and in Tibet.

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 Yunnan.

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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