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Benzoin.(styrax benzoin or Benjamin tree)(Drug overview)

PDR for Herbal Medicines

| June 01, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The herbal medicine content contains information about herbal therapies and other dietary supplements which are not regulated in the United States by the FDA. Additionally, the manufacture and distribution of herbal substances is not regulated in the United States, and no quality standards currently exist. Because of the unregulated nature of the herbal and supplement industry, you need to discuss use of these substances with your doctor or pharmacist. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Styrax benzoin

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Medicinal Parts: The medicinal part of the plant is the balsamic resin obtained from the mechanically damaged trunk.

Flower and Fruit: The flowers are in terminal or axillary panicled racemes. The flowers are fused and their structures are in fives. The calyx is campanulate, weakly 5 toothed, densely silky tomentose and red-brown on the inside. The corolla is 6 to 11 mm long with 5 tips, brown-red, silky tomentose on the outside and at the margin. There are 8 to 10 stamens fused below to a tube and a 1-chambered ovary above and 2- to 3-chambered ovary below. The fruit is nutlike, appressed pubescent with a diameter of up …

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