Name: Dipteryx fragrant
Legumes – Fabaceae (Leguminosae).
Pharmacy name: ripe seeds – Topsa semen (earlier: Semen Topsa).
Botanical description. Powerful, tall tree with one-seeded fruits 3-5 cm long. His homeland is Guyana and northern Brazil. Cultivated in Venezuela.
Active ingredients: coumarin and its derivatives, fatty oil, starch, gums, essential oil, sitosterol and a number of other substances. It is used to improve the smell of smoking, as well as medical and snuff tobacco.
Legumes – Fabaceae (Leguminosae).
Pharmacy name: ripe seeds – Topsa semen (earlier: Semen Topsa).
Botanical description. Powerful, tall tree with one-seeded fruits 3-5 cm long. His homeland is Guyana and northern Brazil. Cultivated in Venezuela.
Active ingredients: coumarin and its derivatives, fatty oil, starch, gums, essential oil, sitosterol and a number of other substances. It is used to improve the smell of smoking, as well as medical and snuff tobacco.