Salix obscura Andersson

 
  • Family : SALICACEAE
    (Willow Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAN PEEPAL FAMILY (बन पीपल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Salicaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Salix obscura Andersson
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Shrub or small tree; Branchlets initially pubescent, becomes glabrescent, dirty greyish-black; Leaves narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong, young leaves size 3–4 × 1–1.5 cm, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acute, abaxial surface nearly bluish-gray, silky pubescent, slightly shiny, adaxial surface dull green, sometimes silky pubescent, petiole short; Female catkins shortly terete, about 2.5 × 1 cm, sessile, without leaflets, bracts black, lanceolate, approximately equal to the length of ovary, surface villous on both sides, apex acute or slightly obtuse; Female flowers: gland- green with purplish-red apex, terete, about half the ovary length, ovary- ovoid or narrowly ovoid, tomentose, sessile, style about ½–⅔ the length of ovary, stigma short, 2-cleft; Fruit capsule, sessile.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-June
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Native : Bhutan, India, Nepal, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Central & E. Himalaya to S. Tibet
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume II. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Salix obscura
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Salix obscura. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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