Salix sieboldiana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Salix |
| Species: | S. sieboldiana
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| Salix sieboldiana | |
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).[1]
The bark of the tree contains flavanols and procyanidins.[2]
References
- ^ D. Gledhill The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants, p. 107, at Google Books
- ^ Hsu, Feng-Lin; Nonaka, Gen-Ichiro; Nishioka, Itsuo (1985). "Acylated flavanols and procyanidins from Salix sieboldiana". Phytochemistry. 24 (9): 2089–2092. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83128-3.
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