Myroxylon is a genus of two species of South Americantrees in the Fabaceae (Leguminosae). The tree is well know in the western world as the source for "Balsam of Peru", or Tolu balsam. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... Subfamilies Faboideae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae References GRIN-CA 2002-09-01 The name Fabaceae belongs to either of two families, depending on viewpoint. ... Tolu balsam is the resinous secretion of Myroxylon toluifera. ...
They are small trees growing to 12 m tall, with evergreen pinnate leaves 15 cm long with 5-13 leaflets. The flowers are white with yellow stamens, produced in racemes. The fruit is a pod 7-11 cm long, containing a single seed. A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Clivia miniata right hereflowers. ... This inflorescence of the terrestrial orchid Spathoglottis plicata is a typical raceme. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... Varieties of soybean seeds, a popular legume Pea pods The term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, a situation encountered with many botanical common names of useful plants, whereby an applied name can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). ... A ripe red jalapeno cut open to show the seeds For other uses, see Seed (disambiguation). ...
Myroxylon balsamum from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants (1887)
Balsam of Peru is used externally for infected and poorly healing wounds, burns, bedsores, frostbite, leg ulcers, bruises caused by artificial limbs, and hemorrhoids.
Balsam of Peru is a resin extracted from incisions in the bark of the Peruvian Balsam tree.
Because Balsam of Peru may increase your sensitivity to sunlight, minimize your exposure to the sun while using this medication.
The true balsams are semisolid and insoluble in water, but they are soluble in alcohol and partly so in hydrocarbons.
They contain benzoic or cinnamic acid; these include Perubalsam and tolu balsam (both obtained from varieties of the South American tree Myroxylon balsamum of the pulse family), benzoin, and storax.
Balsams are often used in medical preparations and perfumes.
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