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Tetragastris balsamifera (Sw.) Oken

Burseraceae

SE North America (Cuba?, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Guadeloupe)

sci hyg

dr (bark decoction with sugar or salt taken orally for respiratory ailments, leaves decoction taken orally for colic and gastrointestinal ailments, roots and seed kernel taken orally for rheumatism, wood and roots essential oil decoction with salt taken orally for anemia and fever) ti (cabinet work, flooring, paneling)

Hedwigia balsamifera Sw. non Engl. Icica altissima West. non Aubl. Icica hedwigia A.Rich. Tetragastris balsamifera (Sw.) Kuntze Tetragastris balsamifera var. lanceifolia Swart Tetragastris ossaea Gaertn.

balsam tetragastris; hogwood (Puerto Rico)

sucrier de montagne; bois à barrigne (Lesser Antilles); bois cochon, bois cochon marron (Haiti); gommier, gommier encens (Guadeloupe); sucrier montagne (Lesser Antilles)

abey, amacey, amacey hembra (Dominican Republic); azucarero (Cuba); masa (Puerto Rico); palo cochino (Cuba); palo de aceite (Puerto Rico)

bwa kochon, bwa kochon mawon, sikriye mòn (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Tetragastris balsamifera (Sw.) Oken
Family	Burseraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba?, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Guadeloupe)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg
Use	dr (bark decoction with sugar or salt taken orally for respiratory ailments, leaves decoction taken orally for colic and gastrointestinal ailments, roots and seed kernel taken orally for rheumatism, wood and roots essential oil decoction with salt taken orally for anemia and fever) ti (cabinet work, flooring, paneling)
Synonym	Hedwigia balsamifera Sw. non Engl. Icica altissima West. non Aubl. Icica hedwigia A.Rich. Tetragastris balsamifera (Sw.) Kuntze Tetragastris balsamifera var. lanceifolia Swart Tetragastris ossaea Gaertn.
English name	balsam tetragastris; hogwood (Puerto Rico)
French name	sucrier de montagne; bois à barrigne (Lesser Antilles); bois cochon, bois cochon marron (Haiti); gommier, gommier encens (Guadeloupe); sucrier montagne (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	abey, amacey, amacey hembra (Dominican Republic); azucarero (Cuba); masa (Puerto Rico); palo cochino (Cuba); palo de aceite (Puerto Rico)
Other name	bwa kochon, bwa kochon mawon, sikriye mòn (creole, Haiti)
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