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Accepted scientific name of each plant Frequency that plant appears in medicinal sources
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms 76

These plants were selected because your search term "Myroxylon balsamum"...

Medicinal source Year published Frequency of search term in medicinal sources
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) 2000 6

Non-scientific names Records referring to name
balsam-of-peru tree 1
opobalsam 1
peruvian balsam 2
tolu 1
tolu balsam tree 1

Scientific names as used in medicinal source Records referring to name
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. balsamum 4
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. pereirae (Royle) Harms 2

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Accepted Name: (1)
  • Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms (6)
Name Category: (1)
  • Non-scientific names (6)
Name: (5)
  • balsam-of-peru tree (1)
  • opobalsam (1)
  • peruvian balsam (2)
  • tolu (1)
  • tolu balsam tree (1)
Medicinal Source: (1)
  • Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) (6)
MPNS Accepted name Scientific name used in medicinal source All names Medicinal sources
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. pereirae (Royle) Harms balsam-of-Peru tree

(Other)

 Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. balsamum opobalsam

(Other)

 Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. pereirae (Royle) Harms Peruvian balsam

(Other)

 Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. balsamum Peruvian balsam

(Other)

 Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. balsamum tolu

(Other)

 Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. balsamum tolu balsam tree

(Other)

 Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
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