Styrax paralleloneurus

Styrax paralleloneurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Styracaceae
Genus: Styrax
Species:
S. paralleloneurus
Binomial name
Styrax paralleloneurus
Perkins
Synonyms
  • Styrax paralleloneurus f. inutilis Steenis
  • Styrax siamensis Rordorf
  • Styrax sumatranus J.J.Sm.

Styrax paralleloneurus (syn. Styrax sumatranus) is a species of Styrax native to Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. It is the main source of benzoin in Sumatra. Its balsamic resin is superior to that of Styrax benzoin, another source of benzoin Sumatra, as the latter dries slowly and remains sticky, hence more inpurities. It can have the largest galls of any known plant; up to 20 cm long, and about half as wide.

References

  1. ↑ "Styrax paralleloneurus Perkins". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  2. ↑ García-Fernández, Carmen (2004). Benzoin, a resin produced by Styrax trees in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia (Report). Center for International Forestry Research. p. 152.
  3. ↑ Katz, Esther; García-Fernández, Carmen; Goloubinoff, Marina (2002). "Sumatra benzoin (Styrax spp.)". In Shanley, Patricia; Pierce, Alan R.; Laird, Sarah A.; Guillén, Abraham (eds.). Tapping the Green Market: Certification and Management of Non-Timber Forest Products. People and Plants Conservation Series. London; Sterling, VA: Earthscan. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-85383-871-2.
  4. ↑ Purwanto, Y.; Walujo, E. B.; Munawaroh, Esti (2005-01-01). "The ethnobotany of benzoin (Styrax spp.)". Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology. 2 (1): 18–34. ISSN 2722-0257.
  5. ↑ Shorthouse, Joseph D.; Rohfritsch, Odette (1992). Biology of Insect Induced Galls. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 71.
  6. ↑ Van Leeuwin-Reijvaan, J. Docters. The Zoocecidia of the Netherlands East Indies. Batavia (=Djakarta): Government Press. p. <not recorded>.