Styrax paralleloneurus

Styrax paralleloneurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Styracaceae
Genus:	Styrax
Species:	S. paralleloneurus
Binomial name
	Styrax paralleloneurus; Perkins
Synonyms
	Styrax paralleloneurus f. inutilis Steenis; Styrax siamensis Rordorf; Styrax sumatranus J.J.Sm.;

Styrax paralleloneurus (syn. Styrax sumatranus) is a species of Styrax native to Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.¹ It is the main source of benzoin in Sumatra.² Its balsamic resin is superior to that of Styrax benzoin, another source of benzoin Sumatra, as the latter dries slowly and remains sticky, hence more inpurities.³⁴ It can have the largest galls of any known plant; up to 20 cm long,⁵⁶ and about half as wide.

References

"Styrax paralleloneurus Perkins". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
García-Fernández, Carmen (2004). Benzoin, a resin produced by Styrax trees in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia (Report). Center for International Forestry Research. p. 152.
Katz, Esther; García-Fernández, Carmen; Goloubinoff, Marina (2002). "Sumatra benzoin (Styrax spp.)". In Shanley, Patricia; Pierce, Alan R.; Laird, Sarah A.; Guillén, Abraham (eds.). Tapping the Green Market: Certification and Management of Non-Timber Forest Products. People and Plants Conservation Series. London; Sterling, VA: Earthscan. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-85383-871-2.
Purwanto, Y.; Walujo, E. B.; Munawaroh, Esti (2005-01-01). "The ethnobotany of benzoin (Styrax spp.)". Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology. 2 (1): 18–34. ISSN 2722-0257.
Shorthouse, Joseph D.; Rohfritsch, Odette (1992). Biology of Insect Induced Galls. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 71.
Van Leeuwin-Reijvaan, J. Docters. The Zoocecidia of the Netherlands East Indies. Batavia (=Djakarta): Government Press. p. <not recorded>.

[1] "Styrax paralleloneurus Perkins". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-03-14.

[2] García-Fernández, Carmen (2004). Benzoin, a resin produced by Styrax trees in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia (Report). Center for International Forestry Research. p. 152.

[3] Katz, Esther; García-Fernández, Carmen; Goloubinoff, Marina (2002). "Sumatra benzoin (Styrax spp.)". In Shanley, Patricia; Pierce, Alan R.; Laird, Sarah A.; Guillén, Abraham (eds.). Tapping the Green Market: Certification and Management of Non-Timber Forest Products. People and Plants Conservation Series. London; Sterling, VA: Earthscan. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-85383-871-2.

[4] Purwanto, Y.; Walujo, E. B.; Munawaroh, Esti (2005-01-01). "The ethnobotany of benzoin (Styrax spp.)". Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology. 2 (1): 18–34. ISSN 2722-0257.

[5] Shorthouse, Joseph D.; Rohfritsch, Odette (1992). Biology of Insect Induced Galls. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 71.

[6] Van Leeuwin-Reijvaan, J. Docters. The Zoocecidia of the Netherlands East Indies. Batavia (=Djakarta): Government Press. p. <not recorded>.

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