Common name
English: Balsam of Peru
German: Perubalsam
Portuguese: Bálsamo, Quina colorada
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Myroxylon (1)
Epithet: peruiferum L.f. (1)
Synonym: Myrospermum pedicellatum Lam.
pedicellatum => having a pedicel, a stem that attaches single flowers to the inflorescence
peruiferum => producing balsam of Peru
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: white