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Qualis fuit Venus cum fuit virgo, balsamum spirans,
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If you will but set me to work, it will be as good as a balsamum for sore eyes to see me gulch and raven it.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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If you will but set me to work, it will be as good as a balsamum for sore eyes to see me gulch and raven it.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae has been introduced to southern Florida, Ceylon, India and West Africa (Duke 1981).
Chapter 43 1990
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Wiersema et al. (1990) reports two species: M. balsamum
Chapter 43 1990
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Myroxylon balsamum var. balsamum and M. balsamum var. pereirae yield gums called tofu and Peru balsam, respectively.
Chapter 43 1990
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Wiersema et al. (1990) also reports two varieties: M. balsamum var. balsamum in Panama, Colombia and Venezuela; and M. balsamum var. pereirae
Chapter 43 1990
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Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae is reported to grow on poor but well-drained soils, at altitudes up to 600 m (Duke 1981).
Chapter 43 1990
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Allen and Allen (1981) report nodulation of Myroxylon balsamum.
Chapter 43 1990
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Duke (1981) reports one species in South America M. balsamum (L.)
Chapter 43 1990
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