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'''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.
== Description Uses=={{Uses|sexual erethism}}, {{Uses|irritability}}, {{Uses|passion}}, {{Uses|libidinous thoughts}}, {{Uses|irritability}}, {{Uses|Toot cystitis}}, {{Uses|sexual abuse}}, {{Uses|ovaritis}}, {{Uses|cystitis}}, {{Uses|prostatitis}}. ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|inner bark}}, {{Parts Used|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)<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=Akkarakaaram|sa=Akarkarabh|ta=|te=|hi=Akarkara|en=Pellitory}} ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa=== ===Guna=== ===Veerya=== ===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|tree}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|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}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|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==={{Fruit|Fruits capsules|0.3–0.8 cm long|reddish-brown, fruit maturation 1 years|seeds many, ovoid.|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used== ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Succeeds in most soils, including wet, ill-drained or intermittently flooded soilst<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|wet soil condition}}, {{Commonly seen|along streams and lakes}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">2013-05-04 15 59 05 Black Willow catkins along Colonial Lake in Colonial Lake Park in Lawrence, New Jersey.jpg
== References ==
<references><ref name="deschemical composition">[httphttps://www.borealforesthenriettes-herb.orgcom/worldeclectic/treeskings/black_willowsalix-alba.htm Tree Species of the World's Boreal Forests: Salix nigrahtml "Chemical Composition"]</ref><ref name="des2Leaf">[http://www.ibiblio.org/openkey/intkey/web/SANI.htm Trees of the North Carolina Piedmont: Salix nigra/ "leaves description"]</ref><ref name="usesHow to plant/cultivate">[https://bookswww.googlepfaf.coorg/user/Plant.in/booksaspx?idLatinName=8OYrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA809&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Gunn's Newest Family PhysicianSalix+nigra "Cultivation details"]</ref>
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== External Links ==* [https://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kings/salix-nigr.html Salix nigra on Henriette's Herbal Homepage]
* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=286793&isprofile=0&n=1 Salix nigra on Missouri Botanical Garden]*[https://ennativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=00613 The Native Plant Database of Salix nigra]* [http://ontariotrees.wikipediacom/main/species.orgphp?id=2230 Salix nigra on ontario trees]* [http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/wikiplants/Salix_nigra bl_willow.htm Salix nigraon illinoiswildflowers.info]
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