Steinmetz:Dipteryx
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Dipteryx odorata (and other species)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Leguminosae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Northern Brazil
- Venezuela
- British Guiana
- Surinam
- Part(s) Used
- Semen Tonca (Semen Tonco)
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- Constituent(s)
- cumarin (coumarin)
- phytosterin
- fatty oil
- starch
- gum
- sugar;
- Action
- cardiac-tonic
- conrigent
- fumigatory
- narcotic toxic; used to flavour snuff and tobacco. It is employed in whooping cough
- P. S. Dipteryx oppositifolia is used for the same purposes
- but is less valuable
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