Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
a’bhar	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
hawz	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kapitaila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
libnah	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
miye-yābeseh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
silaajit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
silaarasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
silhaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
steratshiá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
storax	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
styrax	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
the true storax tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
turushka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
turuska	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
usturak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
yavandeshaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
στερατσιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
حوز	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
عبهر	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
لبنه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ميعه يابسه	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
gum		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Resin		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
twig		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
fruit, seeds, twigs		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Leaves		Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015)
balsam		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gum of the bark, twigs		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
flower, leaf		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Styrax cotinifolius Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 286 (1796).
Styrax officinarum Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 382 (1766), orth. var.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Styrax officinale L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Styrax officinale Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Styrax officinalis	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Styrax officinalis L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Styrax ofﬁcinalis L.	Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)

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