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Copaifera officinalis
	Botanical illustration
	Copaifera officinalis oleoresin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Copaifera
Species:	C. officinalis
Binomial name
	Copaifera officinalis; L.
Synonyms
	List Copaiba officinalis (L.) Kuntze; Copaifera jacquiniana G.Don; Copaifera jacquinii Desf.; Copaiva officinalis (L.) Jacq.; ;

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Copaifera officinalis L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa; Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro (22 November 2019). "Copaifera officinalis (copaiba balsam)". Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ 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. hdl:1807/57491. PMID 18545856.