- Family : SALICACEAE
(Willow Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BAN PEEPAL FAMILY (बन पीपल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System IV) : Salicaceae
- Synonym(s) : Leuce alba (L.) Opiz; Populus acerifolia Lodd. ex Loudon; Populus aegyptiaca W.Baxter; Populus alba var. acerifolia Loudon; Populus alba var. bachofenii (Wierzb. ex Rchb.) Wesm.; Populus alba var. bolleana (Lauche) Ed.Otto; Populus alba var. caspica Bornm.; Populus alba var. crispa Mérat; Populus alba var. denudata (A.Braun) Wesm.; Populus alba f. globosa Dippel; Populus alba var. hickeliana (Dode) Fiori; Populus alba var. integrifolia Ball; Populus alba var. microphylla Maire; Populus alba proles nivea (Aiton) Rouy; Populus alba f. nivea (Aiton) C.K.Schneid.; Populus alba subsp. nivea (Aiton) Maire & Weiller; Populus alba var. nivea Aiton; Populus alba var. nutans Sudw.; Populus alba f. pendula (Loudon) Dippel; Populus alba var. pendula Loudon; Populus alba var. pyramidalis Bunge; Populus alba f. pyramidalis (Bunge) Dippel; Populus alba f. richardii Beissn.; Populus alba var. salomonii (Carrière) Wesm.; Populus alba var. subintegerrima Lange; Populus alba umbraculifera Sudw.; Populus arbeel Curtis; Populus arembergiana Dippel; Populus arembergica Lodd. ex Loudon; Populus bachofenii Wierzb. ex Rchb.; Populus belgica Lodd. ex Loudon; Populus berkarensis Poljakov; Populus bolleana Lauche; Populus caspica (Bornm.) Bornm.; Populus denudata A.Braun; Populus excelsa Salisb.; Populus grisea Lodd. ex Loudon; Populus hickeliana Dode; Populus hickeliana var. tremulifolia Dode & Sennen; Populus hybrida M.Bieb.; Populus hyrcana Grossh.; Populus intermedia Mert. ex Loudon; Populus leucophylla Schur; Populus major Mill.; Populus morisetiana Dode; Populus nigra Mill.; Populus nivea (Aiton) Willd.; Populus nivea salomonii Carrière; Populus paletskyana Dode; Populus palmata Loudon; Populus pendula Steud.; Populus pseudonivea Grossh.; Populus quercifolia Loudon; Populus subintegerrima (Lange) Sennen & Mauricio; Populus subintegerrima var. berkanensis Sennen & Mauricio; Populus triloba Dode; Populus viminalis Poir.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Populus alba L.
- Common name : Safeda
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Road sides, Cultivated
- Key identification features : A medium to large tree with smooth, whitish to greyish bark on young branches, rough on older stems; Young shoots are covered with cottony tomentum; Leaves are ovate, 5-10.5 cm long, with 3-5 lobes, cottony on the upper surface when young, and tomentose on the lower surface; Male catkins are 5-10.5 cm long, with 5-10 stamens, Female catkins are 3-5 cm long, with a cup-shaped disk and 2 stigmas split into 4 lobes; Capsules are 5-6.5 mm long, bivalved, and smooth.
- Flower, Fruit : March-June
- Distribution :
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Central & S. Europe to Xinjiang and W. Himalaya
- Literature :
- Rana, T. S., Agnihotri, P., & Prabhukumar, K. M. (2023). Plant Resources of Uttar Pradesh- A checklist. CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute.
- Read more :
- Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Populus alba
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Populus alba. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.
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