Morphological characteristics of Salix benjamina

Evergreen shrubs or small trees, 2 ~ 4 (6) meters high. Bark is brown, thick and longitudinally split. Except for the tall and straight main stem, other branches are soft and drooping, and long linear leaves alternate on them, with sharp front and base.

The shoots are cylindrical, filiform and slender. Leaf blade leathery, lanceolate to linear lanceolate, 6-7.5 cm long and 0.7 cm wide, apex acuminate or mucronate, base acuminate, black glandular spots densely distributed on both sides, lateral veins slender and acute, lateral veins clearly visible, about 0.5 mm from the edge; Petiole is extremely short, with a length of1.5-3mm.

Spikes are dense, with a length of 1 1.5 cm and filaments on the inflorescence axis. Calyx tube ca. 3 mm long, top

Terminal lobes are broad and blunt, with filamentous hairs; Petals membranous, nearly round, pale green, about 3 mm in diameter; Stamens pale yellow, rarely pale pink, ca. 13 mm. Many stamens, long filaments, bright colors and dense arrangement.

The capsule is bowl-shaped or hemispherical, about 5 mm in diameter, with the top truncated and slightly contracted. When it is formed, it is close to the branches, slightly round and numerous.