Dioecious trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, stipulate. Flowers appearing before or after the leaves, in usually erect catkins, catkin scales entire; each flower with 1-2 fleshy glands; stamens 2-many. Derivation of name: the classical name for willows Worldwide: About 500 species, mainly north temperate but some tropical and south temperate. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. Insects associated with this genus: |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |