Plant Details

Accepted name:

Styrax benzoin Dryand. [Styracaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

See all 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
arbre á benjoin	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
benjamin tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
benjoeiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
benjoim	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
benjoin	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
benjoin de sumatra	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
benjui	Other	Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
bensoeträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
benzoe sumatranus	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
benzoebaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
benzoin	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
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)
benzoinbaum	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
benzoino	Other	Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
benzointree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
benzoinum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (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	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
gum benjamin-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kuntalinkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lobaana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
loban	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
onycha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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)
saambiraani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
styrax á benjoin	Other	Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
styraxtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sumatra benzointree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tupam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
árbol de benjuí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
アンソッコウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
trunk	resin	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
gum		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
	Resin	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 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)
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. (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)

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

synonym
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, 9th edn. (2007)
Styrax benzoin	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Styrax benzoin Dryand	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Styrax benzoin Dryand.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) 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. (2010) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) 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)

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