Myroxylon

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? Myroxylon
Image:Koeh-140.jpg Myroxylon balsamum from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants (1887)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Tribe: Sophoreae Genus: Myroxylon L.f.
Species
Myroxylon balsamum Myroxylon peruiferum

Myroxylon is a genus of two species of South American trees in the Fabaceae (Leguminosae), famous for the "Balsam of Peru".

They are small trees growing to 12 m tall, with evergreen pinnate leaves 15 cm long with 5-13 leaflets. The flowers are white with yellow stamens, produced in racemes. The fruit is a pod 7-11 cm long, containing a single seed.

Myroxylon balsamum from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants (1887)