Barcode: CAL0000009513

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Family: STYRACACEAE

Scientific Name: Styrax benzoin Dryand.

Collector: Griffith

Country: India

Uses: Benzoin is carminative and diuretic and is an ingredient of preparations inhaled in catarrh. It is also employed as a fixative. In veterinary medicine, it is applied to indolent sores and foul ulcers.