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Myroxylon peruiferum L.f.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Myroxylon

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Myroxylon peruiferum: Balsam of Peru. The earliest known illustration of the tree. Rare Books Keywords: Materia Medica
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Common names

By language (4)
Chinese
南美槐
Portuguese
Bálsamo-do-peru
Quechua
Pukakina
Spanish
Quina colorada

Synonyms

  • Myrospermum arboreum Mutis
  • Myrospermum erythroxylum Allemão
  • Myrospermum pedicellatum Lam.
  • Myrospermum peruiferum (L.f.) DC.
  • Myrospermum pubescens (Kunth) DC.
  • Myrospermum robinifolium Warsz. ex Klotzsch
  • Myroxylon pedicellatum (Lam.) Willd.
  • Myroxylon pubescens Kunth
  • Myroxylon robiniifolium Klotzsch
  • Toluifera balsamum var. peruiferum (L.f.) M.Gómez
  • Toluifera erythroxyla H.Karst.
  • Toluifera pedicellata (Lam.) Baill.
  • Toluifera peruifera (L.f.) Baill.
  • Toluifera pubescens (Kunth) Baill.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.