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'''Salix tetraspeama''' is a medium sized tree of wet and swampy places, shedding the leaves at the end of monsoon. It flowers after leafing. The bark is rough, with deep, vertical fissures. The young shoots and young leaves are silky.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Whooping cough}}, {{Uses|Hepatitis}}, {{Uses|Dysmenorrhea}}, {{Uses|Rectal sores}}, {{Uses|Poultice wounds}}, {{Uses|Epilepsy}}, {{Uses|Rheumatism}}, {{Uses|Bladder stones}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Phytochemical screenings yield various types of sapogenins: quinovic acid, salicortin, saligenin, phenolic glycosides and pyrocatechol from the bark and leaves.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa= |en=Indian Willow|gu= |hi=Bod, Bains|kn=Niranji|ks= |ml=Arali, Atrupala|mr= |pa= |ta=Atrupalai|te=}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Forest area}}, {{Commonly seen|Swamp area}}, {{Commonly seen|Near streams at low and medium altitudes}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.stuartxchange.org/Malatiki.html"chemical constituents"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 "morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 "Cultivation"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Willow.html ]
* [https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Salix-Tetrasperma-Cid4601]
*[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320420770_Ethnobotanical_uses_phytochemistry_and_biological_activities_of_Salix_tetrasperma_roxb_Salicaceae-A_review ]
[[Category:Herbs]]
