Salix tetrasperma | SMPB Kerala

Family: Salicaceae
Vernacular names: Attupala, Vanchi, ആറ്റുപാല, വഞ്ചി (Malayalam), Indian Willow (English), Bod, Bains (Hindi), Atrupalai (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia and South China
Description: Small trees. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral, ovate, cauducous. Flowers unisexual, in axillary catkins, male yellowish; female greenish. Fruit a capsule; seeds oblong, with long deciduous hairs.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Along riverbanks in semi-evergreen forests
Flowering & Fruiting: July-December

Parts used: Root, bark and leaves
Properties & Uses: Antibacterial and insecticidal. Paste of both leaf and root is applied externally in scorpion stings, bug bites, for sores and warts. Decoction of the dried root is taken orally for the treatment of hepatitis and whooping cough in children.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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