Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. balsamum.

Medicinal parts:trunks 

Native to:Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:Caroline Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gabon, Ghana, India, Jawa, Marshall Is., Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Zaïre

Homotypic Synonyms:Myrospermum toluiferum DC. ;Myroxylon balsamum var. genuinum Harms ;Myroxylon toluiferum A.Rich.;Toluifera balsamum L. 

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