EPPO Global Database

Styrax benzoin(STXBE)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-11-12

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: STXBE
  • Preferred name: Styrax benzoin
  • Authority: Dryander

Notes

Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Philippines). Source of incense. Introduced in West Africa (Guinea), Malesia (Borneo)


Common names
Name Language
benzoin tree English
gum benjamin tree English
spice bush English
Sumatra benzoin English
Sumatra snowbell English
Benzöharzbaum German
Benzöstoraxbaum German
aliboufier benzoin French
arbre à benjoin French
styrax de Sumatra French
árbol de benjuí Spanish
benjuí de Sumatra Spanish
albero del benzoino Italian
incenso de Giava Italian
benzoëboom Dutch
benzoëhars Dutch
benjoim Portuguese
benjoim-da-samatra Portuguese
benzoin Swedish
benzoin Japanese
ベンゾイン Japanese
бензоин Суматры Russian