Salicaceae
Cape silver willow
Salix mucronata
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Safsafwilger
- Arabic
- صفصاف بلدي
- arz
- صفصاف بلدى
- Chinese
- 尖头柳, 尖頭柳
- English
- Cape silver willow, Safsaf willow
Synonyms
- Pleiarina capensis (Thunb.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
- Pleiarina crateradenia (Seemen) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
- Pleiarina hirsuta (Thunb.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
- Pleiarina huillensis (Seemen) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
- Pleiarina hutchinsii (Skan) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
- Pleiarina mucronata (Thunb.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
- Pleiarina murielii (Skan) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
- Pleiarina nigritina (Seemen) N.Chao & J.Liu
- Pleiarina nilicola (Ehrenb. ex Toepff.) N.Chao & J.Liu
- Pleiarina ramiflora (Seemen) N.Chao & J.Liu
- Pleiarina schweinfurthii (Toepff.) N.Chao & J.Liu
- Pleiarina subserrata (Willd.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
- Pleiarina woodii (Seemen) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
- Salix axillaris Anderss. ex A.Rich.
- Salix capensis Thunb.
- Salix capensis var. gariepina Anders.
- Salix capensis var. mucronata Anders.
- Salix crateradenia Seemen
- Salix cyathipoda Anderss. ex A.Rich.
- Salix hirsuta Thunb.
- Salix huillensis Seemen
- Salix hutchinsii Skan
- Salix mucronata subsp. capensis (Thunb.) Immelman
- Salix mucronata subsp. hirsuta (Thunb.) Immelman
- Salix mucronata subsp. subserrata (Willd.) R.H.Archer & Jordaan
- Salix mucronata subsp. wilmsii (Seemen) Immelman
- Salix mucronata var. caffra Burtt Davy
- Salix mucronata var. integra Burtt Davy
- Salix murielii Skan
- Salix nigerica Skan
- Salix nigritina Seemen
- Salix nilicola Ehrenberg ex Toepffer
- Salix octandra Sieber ex A.Rich.
- Salix ramiflora Seemen
- Salix safsaf Forssk.
- Salix schweinfurthii Toepff.
- Salix subserrata Willd.
- Salix wilmsii Seemen
- Salix woodii var. wilmsii Skan
Photos
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.