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'''''Myroxylon''''' is a genus of two species of [[South America]]n [[tree]]s in the [[Fabaceae]] (Leguminosae). The tree is well know in the western world as the source for [[balsam of Peru]] and [[Tolu balsam|balsam of Tolu]].
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They are small trees growing to 12 m tall, with [[evergreen]] pinnate [[leaf|leaves]] 15 cm long with 5-13 leaflets. The [[flower]]s are white with yellow stamens, produced in [[raceme]]s. The [[fruit]] is a [[legume|pod]] 7-11 cm long, containing a single [[seed]].
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Myroxylon (Myrrh Wood, From the scent). Syn. Toluifera. Leguminosae. A few balsam-bearing trees of S. Amer., scarcely cult.horticulturally. Lvs. odd- pinnate; Ifts. exstipellate, glandular-punctate: fls. more or less papilionaceous, white or whitish, in axillary simple racemes or paniculate at ends of branches; calyx irregularly dentate; standard orbicular; 4 inferior petals subequal, narrow and free; stamens deciduous with the petals, free or connate at base: pod stalked, compressed, indehiscent, at the apex hardened and 1-seeded, the basal part long and narrow and 2-winged. See also Toluifera. M. taluiferum, HBK. (Toluifera Balsamum, Linn.). Tolu-balsam Tree. Tree, to 75 ft. or more, with thick rough bark and a straight trunk: Lfts. 7-11, alternate, oblong and acuminate, quite glabrous, 2-3 ½in. long: the balsam is secured from incisions in the bark. M. peruiferum. Linn. f. Peru-Balsam Tree (but not the source of Balsam of Peru, which is from M. Pereirae. of San Salvador). Beautiful tree: Ifts. 9-13, ovate-oblong, alternate and emarginate at the apex, entire, puberulous on the midrib and petiole, punctate, l½-3 in. long: fls. in simple racemes 4-5 in. long, long-pedicelled.
 
Myroxylon (Myrrh Wood, From the scent). Syn. Toluifera. Leguminosae. A few balsam-bearing trees of S. Amer., scarcely cult.horticulturally. Lvs. odd- pinnate; Ifts. exstipellate, glandular-punctate: fls. more or less papilionaceous, white or whitish, in axillary simple racemes or paniculate at ends of branches; calyx irregularly dentate; standard orbicular; 4 inferior petals subequal, narrow and free; stamens deciduous with the petals, free or connate at base: pod stalked, compressed, indehiscent, at the apex hardened and 1-seeded, the basal part long and narrow and 2-winged. See also Toluifera. M. taluiferum, HBK. (Toluifera Balsamum, Linn.). Tolu-balsam Tree. Tree, to 75 ft. or more, with thick rough bark and a straight trunk: Lfts. 7-11, alternate, oblong and acuminate, quite glabrous, 2-3 ½in. long: the balsam is secured from incisions in the bark. M. peruiferum. Linn. f. Peru-Balsam Tree (but not the source of Balsam of Peru, which is from M. Pereirae. of San Salvador). Beautiful tree: Ifts. 9-13, ovate-oblong, alternate and emarginate at the apex, entire, puberulous on the midrib and petiole, punctate, l½-3 in. long: fls. in simple racemes 4-5 in. long, long-pedicelled.
 
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Describe the plant here...
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| name = ''Myroxylon''
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==Cultivation==
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| image_caption = ''Myroxylon balsamum'' from Koehler's ''Medicinal-Plants'' (1887)
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===Propagation===
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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===Pests and diseases===
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
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| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
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| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
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==Species==
| tribus = [[Sophoreae]]
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| genus = '''''Myroxylon'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus the Younger|L.f.]]
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''Myroxylon balsamum''<br/>
 
''Myroxylon balsamum''<br/>
 
''Myroxylon peruiferum''
 
''Myroxylon peruiferum''
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'''''Myroxylon''''' is a genus of two species of [[South America]]n [[tree]]s in the [[Fabaceae]] (Leguminosae). The tree is well know in the western world as the source for [[balsam of Peru]] and [[Tolu balsam|balsam of Tolu]].
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They are small trees growing to 12 m tall, with [[evergreen]] pinnate [[leaf|leaves]] 15 cm long with 5-13 leaflets. The [[flower]]s are white with yellow stamens, produced in [[raceme]]s. The [[fruit]] is a [[legume|pod]] 7-11 cm long, containing a single [[seed]].
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Image:Koeh-141.jpg|''Myroxylon balsamum'' from Koehler's ''Medicinal-Plants'' (1887)
 
Image:Koeh-141.jpg|''Myroxylon balsamum'' from Koehler's ''Medicinal-Plants'' (1887)
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[[Category:Faboideae]]
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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