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The epithet babylonica in this Chinese species' scientific name (S. babylonica), as well as the related common names "Babylon willow" or "Babylon weeping willow", derive from a misunderstanding by Linnaeus that this willow was the tree described in the Bible in the opening of Psalm 137 (here in Latin and English translations):
Salix × sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma', or Weeping Golden Willow, is the most popular and widely grown weeping tree in the warm temperate regions of the world. It is an artificial hybrid between S. alba 'Vitellina' and S. babylonica. The first parent provides the frost hardiness and the golden shoots and the second parent the strong weeping habit.
The galls are found on almond willow (Salix triandra), Babylon willow (S. babylonica), bay willow (S. pentandra), common osier (S. viminalis), crack willow (S. fragilis), eared willow , olive willow (S. elaeagnos), purple willow (S. purpurea) and white willow .
Salix babylonica L. – Babylon willow, Peking willow; Salix baileyi C.K.Schneid. Salix balansae Seemen; Salix balfouriana C.K.Schneid. Salix ballii Dorn; Salix bangongensis Z.Wang & C.F.Fang; Salix barclayi Andersson – Barclay's willow; Salix barrattiana Hook. – Barratt's willow; Salix bebbiana Sarg. – beaked willow; Salix berberifolia ...
The willow is one of the four species associated with the Jewish festival of Sukkot, or the Feast of Tabernacles, cited in Leviticus 23:40. Willow branches are used during the synagogue service on Hoshana Rabbah, the seventh day of Sukkot. In Buddhism, a willow branch is one of the chief attributes of Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion.
The gall of A. magnirostris is a long, 1–2 mm narrow twisted, downward roll on the leaves of eared willow , crack willow (S. fragilis) and their hybrids in Great Britain. The gall is lined with red hairs and contains the mites. [1] Elsewhere it has been found on Babylon willow (S. babylonica) and purple willow . [2]
The spindle-shaped or ovoid gall is formed in the petiole or midrib of a leaf and is 10 mm long and 5 mm wide and contains one larva. It can be found on white willow (), Babylon willow (S. babylonica), S. blanda, crack willow (S. fragilis) and almond willow (S. triandra).
It feeds on eared willow (Salix aurita), Babylon willow (Salix babylonica), goat willow (Salix caprea), grey willow (Salix cinerea), Salix dasyclados, crack willow (Salix fragilis), bay willow (Salix pentandra), tea-leaved willow (Salix phylicifolia) and common osier (Salix viminalis).