Plant Details

Accepted name:: Styrax tonkinensis (Pierre) Craib ex Hartwich [Styracaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anxixiang	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
benjoim	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
benjoim de siam	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
benjoin du laos	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
benzoe tonkinensis	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
benzoin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
benzoin tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
benzoin, siam	Other	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
benzoinum	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
bồ đề	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
lao benzointree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lobana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nhan	Other	Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
nhane	Other	Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014) Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
siam almond	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
siam benzoin	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) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
siam benzointree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
siam styrax	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tear	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yue nan an xi xiang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
安息香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
trunk	dried resin collected from the trunk	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
trunk	resin	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
gum		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
	balsamic resin	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
resin		Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014)
resin	balsamic resin	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
Resin		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
trunk	dried resin collected from the trunk	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
trunk	resin	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
	resin	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
trunk	resin	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
resin		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
trunk	Resin obtained by incising the trunk	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
	balsamic resin	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
resin		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Styrax hypoglaucus Perkins Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 31: 486 (1902).
Styrax macrothyrsus Perkins Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 31: 485 (1902).
Anthostyrax tonkinensis Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 260 (1892).
Styrax subniveus Merr. & Chun Sunyatsenia 1: 78 (1930).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Styrax hyploglaucus Perkins	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Styrax hypoglaucus Perk.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Styrax macrothyrsus Perk.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Styrax tonkinense	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Styrax tonkinense Craig	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Styrax tonkinense P.	Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
Styrax tonkinensis	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Styrax tonkinensis (Pierre) Craib Ex Hartwich	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Styrax tonkinensis (Pierre) Craib et Hartway	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Styrax tonkinensis (Pierre) Craib ex Hart.	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Styrax tonkinensis (Pierre) Craib ex Hartw.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Styrax tonkinensis (Pierre) Craib ex Hartwich	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Styrax tonkinensis (Pierre) Craib ex Hartwich.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Styrax tonkinensis (Pierre.) Craib ex Hartwich	Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014)
Styrax tonkinensis (Pièrre) Craib ex Hartwich	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
Styrax tonkinensis (Piérre) Craib ex Hartwich	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Styrax tonkinensis Craib	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Styrax tonkinensis Craib ex Hart.	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Styrax tonkinensis Craib ex Hartwich	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Styrax tonkinensis P.	Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.