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Family: Salicaceae	Genus: Salix	Species: Salix tetrasperma Roxb.( बैंस,विलो )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Pleiarina tetrasperma (Roxb.) N. Chao & G.T. Gong	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Bod, Bains, Indian Willow	Flower Type	Spikelet
English / Trade Name	Indian Willow	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name	Bains, Willow	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Up to 2500 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a capsule, 2-4 valved; seeds 1-4, oblong, with long deciduous hairs.
Habitat	Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests, Riparian, Grows well in wet swampy places and along riverbanks.	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	Indo-Malesia and South China.	Bark Details	The bark is rough, with deep, vertical fissures.
Distribution in Haryana	, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Deciduous dioecious trees, up to 25 m high, bark thick, pale brown, rough, vertically fissured; blaze red; young branches silky pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral, ovate, cauducous; petiole slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina ovate, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate; base acute or rounded; apex acuminate; margin serrate, glabrous and shining above, glaucous beneath, coriaceous. Flowers unisexual, in axillary catkins, minutely silky villous; male yellowish; female greenish; bracts ovate, densely woolly; perianth absent; stamens 5-12, unequal, free, with 2 glands at the base; anthers basifixed with yellow disc, ovary stalked. Fruit a capsule, 2-4 valved; seeds 1-4, oblong, with long deciduous hairs.	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral, ovate, cauducous; petiole slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina ovate, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate; base acute or rounded; apex acuminate; margin serrate, glabrous and shining above, glaucous beneath, coriaceous.

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