Salix tetrasperma

Salix tetrasperma, commonly called Indian willow, is a medium-sized tree of wet and swampy places, shedding its leaves at the end of monsoon season.

The bark is rough, with deep, vertical fissures and the young shoots leaves are silky.

The leaves are lance-like, or ovate-lancelike, 8–15 cm long, with minutely and regularly toothed margins.

It grows in many parts of south and southeastern Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,[3] Laos, and Thailand,.

In Manipur, in NE India, the new flowers of Indian willow, locally known as ঊযুম (ooyum) are eaten, and are considered delicious.

Male S. tetrasperma in full bloom