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The willow in Latin was called salix, but the Romans called it vimen, to underline the use to which their willowy branches were doomed, is it to say the production of every kind of strings. Viminale Hill of Rome has this name because in the past it was covered of willows.
The willow has been always appreciated for its healing properties, above all for the bark used to beat fever and humidity illnesses; the effect of these meds was later confermed from the discovering of salicin, substance in willow's leaves and today substitute from acetylsalicylic acid, base for analgesics such as aspirine.

Willow is used as ornamental plant in gardens and as decoration for ponds. The young brancches are used in farming to tie the vines, while crooks for their flexibility, are used to realise baskets and wickers.
Willows can be use in naturalistic engineering works as protection for the soil, especially in the mountains, thank to the vegetative reproduction and to its adaptability at every kind of climate. The bark of every spieces contains tannins used for tanning the leather.