Steinmetz:Dipteryx

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Dipteryx odorata (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Dipteryx odorata (and other species) Coumarouna odorata Family Leguminosae English Names Tonca bean Tonquin bean Natural Habitat Northern Brazil Venezuela British Guiana Surinam Part(s) Used Semen Tonca (Semen Tonco)

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