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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Myroxylon''
| image = Koeh-140.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Myroxylon balsamum'' from Koehler's ''Medicinal-Plants'' (1887)
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Sophoreae]]
| genus = '''''Myroxylon'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus the Younger|L.f.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''Myroxylon balsamum''<br/>
''Myroxylon peruiferum''
</td></tr><tr><td>Ref: [http://www.ildis.org/ ILDIS Version 6.05]
}}
'''''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]].
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]].
<gallery>
Image:Koeh-141.jpg|''Myroxylon balsamum'' from Koehler's ''Medicinal-Plants'' (1887)
</gallery>
[[Category:Faboideae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Myroxylon''
| image = Koeh-140.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Myroxylon balsamum'' from Koehler's ''Medicinal-Plants'' (1887)
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Sophoreae]]
| genus = '''''Myroxylon'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus the Younger|L.f.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''Myroxylon balsamum''<br/>
''Myroxylon peruiferum''
</td></tr><tr><td>Ref: [http://www.ildis.org/ ILDIS Version 6.05]
}}
'''''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]].
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]].
<gallery>
Image:Koeh-141.jpg|''Myroxylon balsamum'' from Koehler's ''Medicinal-Plants'' (1887)
</gallery>
[[Category:Faboideae]]
