Taxon: Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms

Genus:

Myroxylon

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Sophoreae

Nomen number:

24873

Place of publication:

Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5:94. 1908

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

06-nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 18-may-2017

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

4 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Other conspecific taxa:

Common names:

bálsamo (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
cabreúva (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
cabreúva-vermelha (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
pau-de-bálsamo (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
tolubalsamträd (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

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

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, [Cayo] Costa Rica, [Puntarenas, San Jose] El Salvador, [La Libertad, San Salvador, Sonsonate] Guatemala, [Peten] Honduras, [Comayagua, El Paraiso] Nicaragua, Panama [Darien]
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela [Zulia, Falcon, Miranda, Carabobo, Yaracuy]
BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Para]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, [Beni] Colombia, [Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolivar, Boyaca, Cesar, Magdalena, Meta] Ecuador, [El Oro, Napo, Pastaza, Zamora-Chinchipe] Peru [Amazonas, Arequipa, Cusco, Huanuco, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martin, Tumbes, Ucayali]

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999 (L Ecuador)
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983- (F NGalicia)
Sartori, Â. L. B. et al. 2015. A revision of the genus Myroxylon (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) Kew Bull. 70(4)-48:1-12.

Check other web resources for Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms :

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=24873. Accessed 7 junio 2026.