Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. pereirae (Royle) Harms GRIN-Global

Taxon: Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. pereirae (Royle) Harms

Summary

Genus:

Myroxylon

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Sophoreae

Nomen number:

70454

Place of publication:

Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5:95. 1908

Verified:

11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms (0 active accession[s])
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. balsamum (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Myrospermum pereirae Royle

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Myroxylon pereirae (Royle) Klotzsch
Toluifera pereirae (Royle) Baill.

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 18:130.
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Isely, D. 1981. Leguminosae of the United States. III. Subfamily Papilionoideae: tribes Sophoreae, Podalyrieae, and Loteae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(3):27.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Rudd, V. E. 1968. Leguminosae of Mexico - Faboideae I. Sophoreae and Podalyrieae. Rhodora 70:504.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].

Common names

English
balsam-of-Peru –
balsam-of-Peru-tree –
Peru balsam –
French
baumier du Pérou –
German
Perubalsambaum –
Spanish
bálsamo blanco –
bálsamo del Perú –
Swedish
perubalsamträd –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatan
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Napo
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Pastaza
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Zamora-Chinchipe
2	Cultivated

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Yucatan]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Napo, Pastaza, Zamora-Chinchipe]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 18:130.
Food additives	flavoring	Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 18:130.
Materials	essential oils	Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 18:130.
Materials	gum/resin	Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Materials	wood	Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 18:130.
Medicines	source of balsam	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70454. Accessed 1 May 2026.