- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- English Names
- American Pepper
- Peruvian Mastic tree
- Natural Habitat
- South America (especially Peru
- Chile)
- Southern France
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- gum-resin
- essential oil
- tannin
- glucose
- leptine
- Action
- stomachic
- tonic
- diuretic
- expectorant
- aromatic; used as a substitute for Fructus Cubebae. The gum-resin
- known as American Mastic
- is purgative and employed in Peru and Chile as a masticatory to strengthen the gums; it exudes from the stem when wounded
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