Steinmetz:Dipterocarpus
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Dipterocarpus turbinatus (and other species)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Southern Asia
- Eastern Bengal
- Burma
- Eastern India
- Cochin China
- Malaya
- Part(s) Used
- Balsamum Copaivae ostindicum = Balsamum Gurjunicum = Balsamum Dipterocarpi. This balsam is commenly called Wood Oil
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- Constituent(s)
- oleo-resin
- essential oil
- resin
- acids (containing gurjunic acid)
- bitter principle
- Action
- used as a substitute for Copaiba. It is much used for painting houses and ships. It is employed externally in skin diseases and leprosy
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