Styracaceae
Friar's balsam
Styrax officinalis
- Family
- Styracaceae
- Genus
- Styrax
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- لبنى, اسطرك, اصطرك, بنجوان, ميعة
- arz
- لبنى
- Azerbaijani
- Dərman stiraksı
- Chinese
- 南欧安息香, 安息香
- English
- Friar's balsam, Storax
- Finnish
- Rohtostoraksi
- French
- Aliboufier
- German
- Echter Storaxbaum, Echter Styraxbaum, Storaxbaum, Styraxbaum
- Hebrew
- לבנה רפואי, ליבנה רפואי
- io
- Storaxo
- Italian
- Mella bianca
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Styrakstre
- Occitan
- Alibofièr
- Polish
- Styrak lekarski
- Turkish
- Ayı fındığı
Synonyms
- Styrax cotinifolius Salisb.
- Styrax officinarum Crantz
Photos
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: 0A A**, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: V.lattanzi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ecoli yabuda, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Canan Yayla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Emre Karaca, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.