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Styrax benzoin

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Identification
Styrax benzoin Dryand. [family STYRACACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Styrax benzoin Dryand. [family STYRACACEAE ] Verified by Smith, Sir James Edward,
Related name
  • Styrax benzoin
Common name
  • benzoin tree., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

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Entry for Styrax benzoin Dry. [family STYRACACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 5
Names
Styrax benzoin Dry. [family STYRACACEAE]
Common names
English benzoin tree.
Uses
(resin) Medicines: generally healing (resin) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (resin) Medicines: "intestines" (resin) Medicines: kidneys, diuretics Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: land conservation Agri-horticulture: shade-trees (resin) Products: exudations-gums, resins, etc. (resin) Products: household, domestic and personal items (twig) Products: chew-sticks, etc.
Products
english: Benzoin tree
Description
A shrub, or small tree to 12 m high of the hillside forest in Malaya, Java and especially common in Sumatra. It has been introduced into W Africa, and is cultivated as an avenue tree in Abidjan, Ivory Coast (3). In Fouta Djallon, Guinea, the twigs are sol
References
References:1. Burkill, IH, 1935: 2101–7. 2. Chadha, 1976,a: 69. 3. Portères, 1974: 138.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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