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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

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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 *
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 *
Stomachic Elsewhere *
Stomachic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
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 *
Umbilicus Elsewhere *
Venereal Elsewhere *
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.