Citations:tamacoari

English citations of tamacoari

• 1861, Linnean Society (London), The journal of the Linnean Society of London, page 63:

  The best mode of collecting it is to put cotton into the hole, and when it is saturated, to squeeze out the balsam. Tamacoari has the colour of old port wine, and the consistency of olive oil. Its great use is in the cure of itch, for which it is a more ...

• 1881, Peter Henderson, Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture, page 285:

  […] Tamacoari Balsam, a product of a Brazilian species of Caraipa. White Balsam, the same as the Balsam of Quinquino above.

• 1888, Linnean Society of London, Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Botany, page 389:

  […] Tamacoari balsam (Spruce), 5, 63.

• 1888, Cassell's Miniature Cyclopædia, page 175:

  Caraipa, ♠️, gen. of ternströmiaceae. C. fasciculata prods. balsam of tamacoari, a specific for the itch.

• 1899, John Lindley, Thomas Moore, The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with which is Incorporated a Glossary of Botanical Terms:

  The celebrated Balsam of Tamacoari is obtained from C. fasciculata, or a closely allied species.

• 1960, a dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns, CUP Archive, page 117:

  trop. S. Am. They yield useful hard timber (tamacoari) and medic. balsam. L. alt.