Taxon:
Salix babylonica L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1017. 1753
Verified:
11/07/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Babylon weeping willow – Peking willow – weeping willow – Afrikaans
treurwilger – French
saule de Babylone – saule pleureur – German
Trauerweide – Japanese Rōmaji
shidare-yanagi – Spanish
sauce de Babilonia – sauce llorón –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | | Europe | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Lesotho, South Africa
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
Northern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | fide Trees Bolivia; Zander ed14; Willows; Invasive Pl Spec | Newsholme, C. 1992. Willows, the genus Salix |
Materials | wood | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Materials | wood | timber | Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft) |