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Populus alba
English: poplar
Spanish: álamo blanco
Estonian hõbehaab
(hõbepappel)
Leaves
The leaves are simple,
alternate and
deciduous.
They are wide and very
variable (jagged-angled
or palmate-lobed),
symmetrical or not, light
green by the face and
with a characteristic
whitish or silvery by the
underside .
It is a tree of medium and low size,
which can reach from 16 to 25 meters
in height.
Bark of cracked shape, creating small
pieces of gray color.
Flowers
The flowers meet in
inflorescences of type
ament o catkin. The male
catkins, 3-6 cm, are woolly.
The flower consists of 8-10
stamens with short
filaments and anthers
purple at first, then yellow.
The female catkins are,
longer and thinner. It
blooms between February
and April.
Fruit
The fruit is a capsule of
about 4 mm, oblong-
conical, somewhat rough,
hairless, first green and
then brown.