Plant Details

Accepted name:: Styrax benzoin Dryand. [Styracaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Styrax benzoin var. benzoin

Styrax benzoin var. hiliferum Steenis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arbre à benjoin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bantung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
benjamin tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
benjoeiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
benjoim	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
benjoin	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
benjoin de sumatra	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
bensoeträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
benzoe sumatranus	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
benzoebaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
benzoin	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat (Nasir et al., 2014) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
benzoin tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
benzoin, sumatra	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
benzointree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
benzoinum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
bixur cawî	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
campirani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cawî	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
daivadhupa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duri-haskhakarisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gum benjamin	Other	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
gum benjamin-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gum benjamine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gumbenjamin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hussi-luban	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hussi-ul-jawi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalanusaraycam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapisam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavade lobaanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kemenyan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kemenyan arab	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kuntalinkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lobaan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lobaana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
loban	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat (Nasir et al., 2014)
loban jawi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lohabana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
luban	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malacca sambranie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malakacca mpirani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malakkacampirani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marakkavikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mata kemayan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
meni kemiyan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
onycha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palinkuc campiranni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parcampirani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
penkumaincan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pokok kemenyan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
saambiraani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
saambraani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saambraani mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sailam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sambramanie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sambrani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samburani maram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samprani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samrani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shambirani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silhakamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silhamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
storaxbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
styraxtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sumatra benzoin	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sumatra benzointree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
talanan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
true gum benzoin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tupam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
árbol de benjuí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
アンソッコウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
安息香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
trunk	resin	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
gum		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
	Resin	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
	Resinum	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
	Resin	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
	balsamic resin	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
resin		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stem		Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat (Nasir et al., 2014)
gum		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
resin	balsamic resin	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
resin		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
gum		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf, bark		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
trunk	resin	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
	resin	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
trunk	resin	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
	resin	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
trunk	balsamic resin	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
resin		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
	resin	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
trunk	Resin obtained by incising the trunk	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
	balsamic resin	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
resin		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lithocarpus benzoin (Dryand.) Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 457 (1840).
Plagiospermum benzoin (Dryand.) Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 260a (1892).
Styrax benjuifer Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 517 (1812), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Styax benzoin Dryander	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Styrax benzoin	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Styrax benzoin (Dryand)	Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat (Nasir et al., 2014)
Styrax benzoin Dry.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Styrax benzoin Dryand	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Styrax benzoin Dryand.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Styrax benzoin Dryander	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Styrax benzoin Dryander.	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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