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Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms

Leguminosae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America int SC Eurasia (Sri Lanka) and MC Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

SC SE

hyg->mes calc [sili]

dr (in ointment and for flavoring cough syrups, perfume and cosmetics, resin applied as a salve for skin disease and skin itch, resin taken orally for chest ailments, bronchial infection and venereal disease, soap, source of balsam of Toly, unguents treatment of venereal disease) ex fd (flavoring in chewing gum) ma pl sa (coffee shade) ti (cabinet work, flooring, furniture, house posts, interior trim, lumber, musical instruments, railroad ties, rollers for crushing sugar cane, turned work)

Myrospermum toluiferum (A.Rich.) DC. Myroxylon balsamum var. punctatum (Klotzsch) Harms Myroxylon punctatum Klotzsch Myroxylon toluiferum A.Rich. Myroxylon toluiferum Kunth Toluifera balsamum L.

Tolu balmtree; balsam of Peru, balsamo, sandalo, Tolu balsam

baumier de Tolu; balsamo; oeil vermeil (France)

balsam (Honduras); balsamo (Honduras, Peru); bálsamo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama); bálsamo de Tolú (Costa Rica, Cuba); balsamo del Perú (Costa Rica); cedro chino, chichipale (Mexico); chirraca (Costa Rica); chuchupate, chucté (Mexico); estoraque (Peru); guararo (Ecuador); incienso (Argentina, Paraguay); nabal (Mexico); palo de bálsamo, palo de trapiche (Mexico); quaraco (Ecuador); quina (Argentina); quina-quina (Argentina, Peru); quinoquino (Peru); sandalo (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras); sánitalo (Honduras); tache, tolú (Colombia)

acangar (kuna, Panama); bácimo (Brazil); baïla (kuna, Panama); balsamo (italian); Balsamo (german); bálsamo, bálsamo-caboriba, caboreíba-vermelha, caboriba (Brazil); cabreuva vermelha (dutch); cabreúva, cabreúva-vermelha, cabriúva vermelha (Brazil); guie-nita (zapoteco); hoitziloxitl (nahuatl); jiribati (campa asháninca, Peru); mo-chi-cu (chinanteco); nabà (maya); oleo vermelho (portuguese, Brazil); óleo-bálsamo-sangue-de-gato, óleo-vermelho (Brazil); païla (kuna, Panama); pau-de-bálsamo, pau-vermelho (Brazil); pido quera (choco, Panama); puá (Brazil); quie-nite (zapoteco); sandalo (italian); Tolu-Balsambaum (german); yaga-quie-nite (zapoteco)

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Latin name	Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America int SC Eurasia (Sri Lanka) and MC Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->mes calc [sili]
Use	dr (in ointment and for flavoring cough syrups, perfume and cosmetics, resin applied as a salve for skin disease and skin itch, resin taken orally for chest ailments, bronchial infection and venereal disease, soap, source of balsam of Toly, unguents treatment of venereal disease) ex fd (flavoring in chewing gum) ma pl sa (coffee shade) ti (cabinet work, flooring, furniture, house posts, interior trim, lumber, musical instruments, railroad ties, rollers for crushing sugar cane, turned work)
Synonym	Myrospermum toluiferum (A.Rich.) DC. Myroxylon balsamum var. punctatum (Klotzsch) Harms Myroxylon punctatum Klotzsch Myroxylon toluiferum A.Rich. Myroxylon toluiferum Kunth Toluifera balsamum L.
English name	Tolu balmtree; balsam of Peru, balsamo, sandalo, Tolu balsam
French name	baumier de Tolu; balsamo; oeil vermeil (France)
Spanish name	balsam (Honduras); balsamo (Honduras, Peru); bálsamo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama); bálsamo de Tolú (Costa Rica, Cuba); balsamo del Perú (Costa Rica); cedro chino, chichipale (Mexico); chirraca (Costa Rica); chuchupate, chucté (Mexico); estoraque (Peru); guararo (Ecuador); incienso (Argentina, Paraguay); nabal (Mexico); palo de bálsamo, palo de trapiche (Mexico); quaraco (Ecuador); quina (Argentina); quina-quina (Argentina, Peru); quinoquino (Peru); sandalo (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras); sánitalo (Honduras); tache, tolú (Colombia)
Other name	acangar (kuna, Panama); bácimo (Brazil); baïla (kuna, Panama); balsamo (italian); Balsamo (german); bálsamo, bálsamo-caboriba, caboreíba-vermelha, caboriba (Brazil); cabreuva vermelha (dutch); cabreúva, cabreúva-vermelha, cabriúva vermelha (Brazil); guie-nita (zapoteco); hoitziloxitl (nahuatl); jiribati (campa asháninca, Peru); mo-chi-cu (chinanteco); nabà (maya); oleo vermelho (portuguese, Brazil); óleo-bálsamo-sangue-de-gato, óleo-vermelho (Brazil); païla (kuna, Panama); pau-de-bálsamo, pau-vermelho (Brazil); pido quera (choco, Panama); puá (Brazil); quie-nite (zapoteco); sandalo (italian); Tolu-Balsambaum (german); yaga-quie-nite (zapoteco)
Trade name	balsamo