Salix nigra - Black willow

Salix nigra, black willow

Salix nigra (black willow) is a species of willow native to eastern North America, from New Brunswick and southern Ontario west to Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and Texas.

Uses

sexual erethism, irritability, passion, libidinous thoughts, irritability, Toot cystitis, sexual abuse, ovaritis, cystitis, prostatitis.

Parts Used

inner bark, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

White-willow bark, according to Pelletier and Caventou, consists of bitter, yellow coloring matter, green fatty matter, tannic acid, resin, etc. The chief constituent, however, as with all the willows, is the glucosid salicin (see Salicinum)

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi	Akarkara
Malayalam	Akkarakaaram
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Akarkarabh
English	Pellitory

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
simple	deciduous	petiolate, alternate, distichous, (2–)5–15 cm long, (0.3–)0.5–1.5(–2) cm wide, falcate or lanceolate, leaf margins serrate or serrulate, leaf apices acuminate, leaf bases cuneate or obtuse or rounded

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	14-18cm long	Yellow, Circular	Androecium. Stamens 3–7 per flower.	Flowering February or March or April or May. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, catkins, flowers sessile. Flowers unisexual or pistillate or staminate. Perianth. Calyx absent. Corolla absent. Gynoecium. Ovaries superior, pistils 1 per flower. Gynoecium syncarpous, 2 carpels per flower, styles 1 per pistil, styles 0.2 mm long.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Fruits capsules	0.3–0.8 cm long	reddish-brown, fruit maturation 1 years	seeds many, ovoid.		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Succeeds in most soils, including wet, ill-drained or intermittently flooded soilst

Commonly seen growing in areas

wet soil condition, along streams and lakes.

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External Links

• Salix nigra on Henriette's Herbal Homepage

• Salix nigra on Missouri Botanical Garden
• The Native Plant Database of Salix nigra
• Salix nigra on ontario trees
• Salix nigra on illinoiswildflowers.info