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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
Ache(Head) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Antiseptic Danish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Asthma Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bronchitis South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Catarrh Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Catarrh Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cold South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cough South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cough Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fumigant German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pectoral English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.