Biology:Copaifera officinalis
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Copaifera
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| Copaifera officinalis oleoresin | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Copaifera |
| Species: | C. officinalis
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| Copaifera officinalis | |
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Copaifera officinalis, the copaiba balsam, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela.[2][1] It has been introduced to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Sierra Leone, India, and Sri Lanka.[1] Like other members of its genus, its trunks are tapped for its oleoresin, sometimes termed balsam of copaiba or, when refined, copaiba oil, which has industrial, artisanal, and medicinal purposes.[2] Its oleoresin exhibits better bactericidal activity against common pathogens than that of Copaifera langsdorffii.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Copaifera officinalis L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64940-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa; Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro (22 November 2019). "Copaifera officinalis (copaiba balsam)". CAB International. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/15674.
- ↑ Santos, Adriana Oliveira dos; Ueda-Nakamura, Tânia; Dias Filho, Benedito Prado; Veiga Junior, Valdir F.; Pinto, Angelo C.; Nakamura, Celso Vataru (2008). "Antimicrobial activity of Brazilian copaiba oils obtained from different species of the Copaifera genus". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 103 (3): 277–281. doi:10.1590/S0074-02762008005000015. PMID 18545856.
Wikidata ☰ Q15530082 entry
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