Salix sieboldiana

(Salix sieboldiana)

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Description

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). The bark of the tree contains flavanols and procyanidins.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Salicaceae
Genus:Salix
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