A Fruiting branch. B Part of the female spike with two flowers and their bracts. C Female flower cut lengthwise.
SALICACEAE.
FLOW. PL. AFR.
Pl. 28.
J. Fleischmann del.
Salix Safsaf Forsk.
A Fruiting branch. B Part of a flowering branch. C Male flower. D Female flower cut lengthwise. E Fruit. F Seed cut lengthwise.
Genus 1, species 2. Spontaneous in Madagascar and the neighbouring islands, cultivated in other tropical countries. The wood (beaf-wood) and the bark are used, the latter for tanning and dyeing and in medicine. Casuarina Rumph.