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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Myroxylon balsamum (Flacourtiaceae)

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Common name(s)
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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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
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 *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bronchitis South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Catarrh Elsewhere *
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 *
Deodorant Elsewhere *
Expectorant South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Expectorant Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Expectorant Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
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.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.