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Ethnobotanical Plant Myroxylon balsamum

Common Name
Balsam Of Tolu; Tolubalsam; Balsamo De Peru; Tolu Balsemboom; Tolu Balsambaum; Tolu Balsam; Balsamo De Tolu; Baume De Tolu; Balsamo Peruano; Pau De Balsamo

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Perfume South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sclerosis Panama Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Sore Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Stimulant Portuguese Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Stomachic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Swelling Colombia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tonic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tuberculosis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Umbilicus Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Venereal Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Wound Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.