Salix mucronata

Salix mucronata (commonly called the Cape silver willow or Safsaf willow) is a tall, graceful, Semi-Deciduous willow tree. It grows along riverbanks in South Africa, and is used for a wide range of traditional medicines.
The Cape willow is dioecious (separate male and female trees).^[2][3]

Salix mucronata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Salix
Species:	S. mucronata
Binomial name
Salix mucronata Andersson
Synonyms
Salix hirsuta Salix capensis Salix safsaf

Taxonomy

This variable-looking species was previously subdivided into a number of different species. These have now all been downgraded to just being subspecies of Salix mucronata. These subspecies include:

• S. m. hirsuta (silver willow)
• S. m. mucronata (Safsaf willow)
• S. m. woodii (flute willow)
• S. m. capensis (small-leaved willow)

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