- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (especially Mediterranean countries)
- mainly Italy; India
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Myrti
- Fructus Myrti
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- Constituent(s)
- leaf: essential oil (myrtol)
- tannin
- bitter principle; berry: essential oil (myrtol)
- resin
- tannin
- acids
- sugar
- Action
- leaf: stomachic
- antiseptic
- pectoral
- cordial
- stimulant
- astringent
- nerve-sedative; berry: carminative
- astringent; oil (distilled from the leaf): antiseptic
- rubefacient
- used in perfumery
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