| 词条 | Salix alba |
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|image = Salix alba leaves.jpg |image_caption = White Willow foliage; note white undersides of leaves |genus = Salix |species = alba |authority = L. |range_map = Salix alba range.svg |range_map_caption = Distribution map }} Salix alba, the white willow, is a species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia.[1][2] The name derives from the white tone to the undersides of the leaves. It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree growing up to 10–30 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter and an irregular, often-leaning crown. The bark is grey-brown, and deeply fissured in older trees. The shoots in the typical species are grey-brown to green-brown. The leaves are paler than most other willows, due to a covering of very fine, silky white hairs, in particular on the underside; they are 5–10 cm long and 0.5–1.5 cm wide. The flowers are produced in catkins in early spring, and pollinated by insects. It is dioecious, with male and female catkins on separate trees; the male catkins are 4–5 cm long, the female catkins 3–4 cm long at pollination, lengthening as the fruit matures. When mature in midsummer, the female catkins comprise numerous small (4 mm) capsules, each containing numerous minute seeds embedded in white down, which aids wind dispersal.[1][2][3] EcologyWhite willows are fast-growing, but relatively short-lived, being susceptible to several diseases, including watermark disease caused by the bacterium Brenneria salicis (named because of the characteristic 'watermark' staining in the wood; syn. Erwinia salicis) and willow anthracnose, caused by the fungus Marssonina salicicola. These diseases can be a serious problem on trees grown for timber or ornament. It readily forms natural hybrids with crack willow Salix fragilis, the hybrid being named Salix × rubens Schrank.[1] {{clear|left}}Varieties, cultivars and hybridsA number of cultivars and hybrids have been selected for forestry and horticultural use:[1][2]
UsesThe wood is tough, strong, and light in weight, but has minimal resistance to decay. The stems (withies) from coppiced and pollarded plants are used for basket-making. Charcoal made from the wood was important for gunpowder manufacture. The bark tannin was used in the past for tanning leather.[1][2] The wood is used to make cricket bats. S. alba wood has a low density and a lower transverse compressive strength. This allows the wood to bend, which is why it can be used to make baskets. Willow bark contains indole-3-butyric acid, which is a plant hormone stimulating root growth; willow trimmings are sometimes used to clone rootstock in place of commercially synthesized root stimulator.[6] It is also used for ritual purposes by Jews on the holiday of Sukkot.[7] Medicinal usesHippocrates, Galen, Pliny the Elder and others believed willow bark could ease aches and pains and reduce fevers.[8] It has long been used in Europe and China for the attempted treatment of these conditions.[9] This remedy is also mentioned in texts from ancient Egypt, Sumer, and Assyria.[10] The first "clinical trial" was reported by Reverend Edward Stone, a vicar from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, England, in 1763 with a successful treatment of malarial fever with the willow bark.[8][11] The bark is often macerated in ethanol to produce a tincture. The active extract of the bark, called salicin, after the Latin name Salix, was isolated to its crystalline form in 1828 by Henri Leroux, a French pharmacist, and Raffaele Piria, an Italian chemist, who then succeeded in separating out the acid in its pure state. Salicylic acid, like aspirin, is a chemical derivative of salicin. References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Meikle, R. D. (1984). Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland. BSBI Handbook No. 4. {{ISBN|0-901158-07-0}}. 2. ^1 2 3 Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins {{ISBN|0-00-220013-9}}. 3. ^Mitchell, A. F. (1974). A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins {{ISBN|0-00-212035-6}} 4. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/85868/i-Salix-alba-i-var-i-sericea-i/Details| title = RHS Plantfinder - Salix alba var. sericea | accessdate = 11 October 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 85 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 11 October 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=How to Make a Rooting Tonic|url=http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Rooting-Tonic|accessdate=23 Aug 2015}} 7. ^{{Cite book|title=Shulchan Aruch Harav|publisher=Kehot Publication Society|location=Ch. 647|pages=332}} 8. ^1 {{cite journal |title=[From willow bark to acetylsalicylic acid] |language=Danish |last=Norn |first=S. |last2=Permin |first2=H. |last3=Kruse |first3=P. R. |last4=Kruse |first4=E.|journal=Dansk Medicinhistorisk Årbog |year=2009 |volume=37 |pages=79–98 |pmid=20509453}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/willow-bark-000281.htm |work=University of Maryland Medical Center |title=Willow bark |publisher=University of Maryland |accessdate=19 December 2011}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.theamericanchiropractor.com/articles-special-feature/5797-white-willow-bark-the-oldest-new-natural-anti-inflammatoryanalgesic-agent.html |title=White Willow Bark: The Oldest New Natural Anti-Inflammatory/Analgesic Agent |first=David R. |last=Seaman |work=The American Chiropractor |date=19 July 2011 |accessdate=19 December 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421232802/http://www.theamericanchiropractor.com/articles-special-feature/5797-white-willow-bark-the-oldest-new-natural-anti-inflammatoryanalgesic-agent.html |archivedate=21 April 2012 |df= }} 11. ^Stone, E. (1763). An Account of the Success of the Bark of the Willow in the Cure of Agues. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 53. Further reading
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