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Accepted name: 
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms [Fabaceae]
More about this plant: 
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
balsa Other Med. Pl. of Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
balsa cuy Other Med. Pl. of Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
balsam of peru Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balsam of tolu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
balsam peru Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
balsam peru oil Other Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
balsam-of-peru Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
balsam-of-peru tree Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
balsam-of-peru-tree Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
balsam-of-tolu Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
balsama de matagalpa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balsamo Other Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balsamo de el salvador Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balsamo de peru Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
balsamo de tolu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
balsamo del tolù Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
balsamo do peru Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balsamo peruano Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
balsamum peruvianum Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
balsamum tolutanum Pharmaceutical E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
baume de tolu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
baume de tolú Other ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
baume du pérou Other ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
baumier de tolu Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
baumier du pérou Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
baumire de tolu Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bálsamo Other Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
bálsamo blanco Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bálsamo de perú Other Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
bálsamo de tolu Other Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
bálsamo de tolú Other Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
bálsamo del perú Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bálsamo do peru Other Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
bálsamo peruviano Other Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
bálsamo-de-tolu Other Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
bálsamo-do-peru Other Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
cabreuva Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chaquino Other Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
chirraca Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
estoraque Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
hoitziloxitl Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
huamburo Other Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
kattakumanjal Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kina kina Other Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
naba Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oleo vermelho Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
opobalsam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
palo de balsamo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pau de balsamo Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
peru balsam Other British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
perubalsam Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
perubalsambaum Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
perubalsamträd Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peruvian balsam Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
piupinten Other Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
quinoquino Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tolu Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tolu balsam Other British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
tolu balsam syrup Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
tolu balsam tincture Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
tolu balsam tree Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tolu balsambaum Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tolu balsemboom Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tolu-balsam-tree Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tolubalsam Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
tolubalsambaum Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
árbol de tolú Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
árbol tolú Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
秘鲁香胶 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)