DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Up to 20 m tall tree with gray-brown bark and twigs, bluish white butterfly flowers arranged in clusters. The fruits are brown pods with seeds. Occurrence: Central America, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Ecuador, southern Mexico.
After debarking the trunk, the tree secretes a dark brown, viscous, vanilla-scented exudate, Peru balsam.
HMPC monograph: Not recommended due to high allergenic potency: skin reactions, angioedema, bronchoconstructive and anaphylactic reactions.
ESCOP: not processed.
Commission E-monograph: external: infected, poorly healing wounds, burns, decubitus, chilblains, ulcus cruris, prosthetic pressure sores and haemorrhoids, allergic reactions should be noted
Undesirable effectsThis section has been translated automatically.
Type IVcontact allergy, immediate-type allergy(urticaria, bronchoconstriction); phototoxic reactions
