Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anxixiang	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia 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 Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
benzoe tonkinensis	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
benzoin	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) 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) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
benzoin, siam	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
benzoinum	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
bồ đề	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in 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)
nhane	Other	Med. Pl. of the Lao P.Rep. (Sydara et al., 2014)
siam benzoin	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
siam benzointree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
siam styrax	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
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	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
trunk	resin	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
gum		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
	balsamic resin	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
resin		Med. Pl. of the Lao P.Rep. (Sydara et al., 2014)
resin	balsamic resin	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
Resin		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
trunk	dried resin collected from the trunk	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
trunk	resin	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
	resin	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
trunk	resin	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
	vegetal drug, tincture, resin	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
resin		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
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 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 Craig	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Styrax tonkinensis	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.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in 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 Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 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) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Styrax tonkinensis (Pierre) Craib ex Hartwich.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Styrax tonkinensis (Pierre.) Craib ex Hartwich	Med. Pl. of the Lao P.Rep. (Sydara et al., 2014)
Styrax tonkinensis (Pièrre) Craib ex Hartwich	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
Styrax tonkinensis (Piérre) Craib ex Hartwich	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Styrax tonkinensis Craib	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Styrax tonkinensis Craib ex Hart.	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Styrax tonkinensis Craib ex Hartwich	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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