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    Myroxylon balsamum, Santos mahogany, is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to tropical forests from Southern Mexico through the Amazon...
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    Myroxylon is a genus of Fabaceae native to Latin America. The first described species in this genus was M. balsamum. It was originally described in 1753...
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    marketed by many other names, is a balsam derived from a tree known as Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae; it is found in El Salvador, where it is an endemic...
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    the balsam of Peru. It is tapped from the living trunks of Myroxylon balsamum var. balsamum. The fresh balsam of Tolu is a brownish, sticky, semifluid...
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    sap) which forms on certain kinds of trees and shrubs. Balsam (from Latin balsamum "gum of the balsam tree," ultimately from a Semitic source such as Hebrew:...
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    everywhere, especially in areas with the invasive balsam of Peru tree, (Myroxylon balsamum), Mahogany trees, (Swietenia macrophylla) and Devil's Ivy (see Threats...
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    Theobroma cacao – chocolate Trigonella foenum-graecum – fenugreek Myroxylon balsamum – Tolu balsam Abies balsamea – balsam fir Myristica fragrans – nutmeg...
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    have very different wood properties, like the "Santos mahogany" (Myroxylon balsamum), "mountain mahogany" (Cercocarpus spp.), and "swamp mahogany" (Eucalyptus...
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    balsam of Tolu (an aromatic extract from the tropical Colombian tree Myroxylon balsamum), which Deville recognized as similar to Walter's rétinnaphte and...
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    feet) above sea level. The Cordillera del Bálsamo is named after the Myroxylon balsamum tree, one of two species of Central American and South American trees...
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    but not the true C. opobalsamum. Balsam of Tolu and Balsam of Peru (Myroxylon balsamum) are sometimes called opobalsamum and are sometimes substituted for...
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    Theobroma cacao, Miconia spp., Annona ambotay, Swietenia macrophylla, Myroxylon balsamum, Astrocaryum murumuru, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Mauritia flexuosa...
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  • Epipremnum aureum (Devil's Ivy, Pothos) Swietenia macrophylla (Mahogany) Myroxylon balsamum (Balsam of Peru) Spathodea campanulata (African Tulip Tree) Bignonia...
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    in the Bible as among "the best fruits in the land". 8 Myroxylon pereira (now Myroxylon balsamum), was the source of Balsam of Peru. Balsam of Peru was...
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  • biuncifera Arizona ironwood; mimosa Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Myroxylon: Myroxylon balsamum Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Parkinsonia: parkinsonia trees...
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    Cochlospermum orinocense, almendro (Dipteryx panamensis) and balsam of Peru (Myroxylon balsamum). Quercus humboldtii is present in the Serranía del Darién. Mapora...
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    (Hevea brasiliensis), mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), balsam wood (Myroxylon balsamum), timber and essential oil (Amburana acreana), tagua nut (Phytelephas...
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    Carludovica palmata, Solanum grandiflorum, Geogenanthus poeppigii, Myroxylon balsamum, Brunfelsia grandiflora, Calycophyllum spruceanum, Mauritia flexuosa...
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  • asitsu Myrmecophaga tridactyla tamanduá, tamanduá-bandeira kihãrẽ Myroxylon balsamum cabreúva haduru Nasua nasua quati tu Nectarina lecheguana enxu bɨbɨtsu...
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    Myroxylon balsamum, a member of the family Fabaceae...
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  • Hevea brasiliensis, Cedrelinga cateniformis, Heliconia episcopalis, Myroxylon balsamum, Ocotea spp., Manilkara bidentata, Psychotria viridis, Gloxinia perennis...
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    odorata, Ceiba pentandra, Cordia gerascanthus, Hymenaea courbaril, Myroxylon balsamum, Ochroma lagopus, Schizolobium parahyba and Tabebuia rosea. The forest...
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