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Maulden Wood

Another sawfly, Pamphilius gyllenhali, has been recorded in the wood, which feeds on willow Salix alba.

Salix alba

The active extract of the bark, called salicin, after the Latin name Salix, was isolated to its crystalline form in 1828 by Henri Leroux, a French pharmacist, and Raffaele Piria, an Italian chemist, who then succeeded in separating out the acid in its pure state.

Zlatoličje

The Slovene name is derived from the common noun zlatolika 'golden willow' (Salix alba var. vitellina), referring to local vegetation.

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