EPPO Global Database

Styrax officinalis(STXOF)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-11-12

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: STXOF
  • Preferred name: Styrax officinalis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Mediterranean (northern) from Italy to Turkey and Israel, North America (California).  A species with a very disjunct distribution, used as a medicinal herb


Common names
Name Language
drug snowbell English
officinal storax English
officinal styrax English
snowdrop bush English
storax English
Apothekerstorax German
echter Storaxbaum German
aliboufier French
aliboufier officinal French
alibousier French
storax French
styrax French
estoraque Spanish
flores de nieve Spanish
mellaina Italian
storace Italian
storace officinale Italian
storaxboom Dutch
estoraque Portuguese
estoraque Portuguese
estoraque-sólido Portuguese
storax Swedish
стиракс лекарственный Russian
ayıfındığı Turkish
livneh refu'i Hebrew
לִבְנֶה רְפוּאִי Hebrew
styrak lekarski Polish
styrakowiec lekarski Polish
stiraks Albanian
benjuí Catalan
αγριοκυδωνιά Greek
αστύρακας Greek
κομπολόγι Greek
λαγομηλιά Greek
μοσχολίβανο Greek
σταυρακιά Greek
στερατσά Greek
στουράκι Greek
στουρέκι Greek