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weeping willow
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weeping willow

Salix babylonica

Salix babylonica (Babylon willow or weeping willow; Chinese: 垂柳) is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

weeping willow in Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.71

weeping willow in Illustrated Herbal Primer

Illustrated Herbal Primer

Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.217

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58316.