Plant Details

Accepted name:: Palaquium gutta (Hook.) Baill. [Sapotaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balam belukar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
balam merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
balam puteh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ekur daun durian	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gutta hang kang	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
gutta percha	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
nyatoh barak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pokok getah percha	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
taban hitam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
taban merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
taban sutera	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
the gutta-percha tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
	coagulated, dried, purified latex	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Gum		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
latex of the trees		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
	gum	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
	latex	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
	coagulated, dried, purified latex of the trees	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dichopsis gutta (Hook.) Benth. ex Murton J. Soc. Arts 26: 938 (1878).
Palaquium acuminatum Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 5: 40 (1885).
Palaquium borneense Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 5: 26 (1885).
Palaquium oblongifolium (Burck) Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 5: 25 (1885).
Palaquium selendit Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 5: 41 (1885).
Palaquium treubii Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 5: 27 (1885).
Palaquium vrieseanum Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 5: 28 (1885).
Croixia gutta (Hook.) Baehni Boissiera 11: 110 (1965).
Dichopsis borneensis (Burck) Fox Rep. Bot. Gard. Singapore 1901: 6 (1902).
Dichopsis oblongifolia Burck Rapp. Expl. Recherch Gutta-Percha: 17 (1885).
Dichopsis treubii (Burck) Fox Rep. Bot. Gard. Singapore 1901: 6 (1902).
Isonandra acuminata Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 581 (1861).
Isonandra gutta Hook. London J. Bot. 6: 463 (1847).
Isonandra gutta var. oblongifolia de Vriese Tuinb.-Fl. 3: 225 (1856).
Isonandra percha Hook. London J. Bot. 6: 610 (1847).
Palaquium borneense Pierre Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 499 (1885).
Palaquium croixianum Pierre ex Dubard Mém. Soc. Bot. France 16: 13 (1909).
Palaquium ellipsoideum Becc. For. Borneo: 560 (1902).
Palaquium formosum Pierre Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 498 (1885).
Palaquium fulvosericeum Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 511 (1890).
Palaquium gloegoerense Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 5: 40 (1885).
Palaquium gutta f. borneense (Burck) H.J.Lam Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 8: 389 (1927).
Palaquium gutta var. oblongifolium (Burck) H.J.Lam Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 7: 29 (1925).
Palaquium gutta f. selendit (Burck) H.J.Lam Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 7: 29 (1925).
Palaquium gutta var. sessiliflora Boerl. Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg 5: 21 (1900).
Palaquium gutta f. vrieseanum (Burck) H.J.Lam Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 8: 391 (1927).
Palaquium malaccense Pierre Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 498 (1885).
Palaquium obscurum Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 5: 40 (1885).
Palaquium optimum Becc. For. Borneo: 154, 558 (1902).
Palaquium princeps Pierre Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 499 (1885).
Palaquium tammrdak Becc. For. Borneo: 559 (1902).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dichopsis gutta	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Palaqium gutta Burck.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Palaquium acuminatum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Palaquium borneense Burckill	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Palaquium bornense	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Palaquium gutta	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Palaquium gutta (Hook.) Baill.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Palaquium gutta (Hook.) Burck	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Palaquium gutta (Hook.f.) Baillon	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Palaquium gutta (Hooker) Baillon	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
Palaquium gutta (Hooker) Burke	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Palaquium gutta Burckill	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Palaquium oblongifolium	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Palaquium oblongifolium Burck	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Palaquium oblongifolium Burckill	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Palaquium selendit	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Palaquium trenbii	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Palaquium treubii	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Palaquium vrieseanum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
palaquium gutta (Hook.f.) Baill.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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