Salix tetrasperma Roxb.
- 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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