Birth Star: POORADAM
English Name: Indian Willow
Malayalam Name: വാഞ്ചി
Botanical Name: Salix tetrasperma Roxb
Family: Salicaceae
Flowering & Fruiting: July-December
Description: A medium-sized deciduous tree that grows along water bodies. This tree possess medicinal and non-medicinal uses which are exploited by several communities. Non-medicinal uses of plants includes the utilization of plants as fodder, spice, repellants, fuel wood and timber, for ornamental purposes and for basket.
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