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Copaifera officinalis L.

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GENUS: Copaifera L.

Copaifera officinalis L. [Preferred name]
    Copaiba officinalis Adans. {Synonym}
    Copaifera jacquini Desf. {Synonym}
    Copaiva officinalis (L.)Jacq. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Amacey [2157]; Balsam Copaiba [2023]; Copahu Balsam [3127]; Copaiba [1244, 1902, 3127]; Copaiba Balsam [3127]; Copaiva [3127]; Jesuit's Balsam [3127]; Maracaibo Balsam [3127]; Para Balsam [3127]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Sierra Leone (I) [8]
  Asia
India (I) [1914]; Karnataka [1914]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]
  Caribbean
Dominican Republic (I) [2157]; Jamaica (N) [1244]; Martinique (N) [1244]; Trinidad & Tobago (N) [1244]
  Central America
Nicaragua (U) [1246]
  Indian Ocean
Reunion (I) [1915]
  South America
Brazil (N) [1244, 1246]; Amazonas [1246]; Bahia [1244]; Venezuela (N) [1244, 1246]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [8];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1244, 1915, 1983, 2023, 2157]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1915] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1999 Bisby FA, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1983, 2023]; Domestic [3127]; Environmental [1244]; Medicine [1244, 1915, 3127]; Wood [1983, 2023]

  
NOTES:
  Essential oil also produced in Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and Colombia. []
  Essential oil mainly produced in Brazil. [3127]
  Used in aromatherapy:digestive, respiratory, genito-urinary & nervous systems. [3127]
  Native to Tropical America. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

1244.

  Dwyer, J.D., 1951
    Brittonia 7(3):143-172 C.Amer.,W.Indian & S.Amer.Copaifera

1246.

  Dwyer, J.D., 1954
    Bull.Torrey Bot.Club 81(3):179-187 ...New World...Copaifera

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1983.

  Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z., 1976
    Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan

2023.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae

2157.

  Liogier, A.H., 1985
    La Flore de la Espanola.III

3127.

  Lawless, J., 1995
    The illustrated encyclopedia of essential oils.Element Books

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