Styrax officinalis is a species of shrub in the family Styracaceae, commonly called the storax tree,[3] or Snowdrop bush.

jaliscana (native to Mexico), were included here, but recent molecular analysis has suggested that they may be diverged to the point of being separate species.

[3] This plant is the "official" source of styrax (storax), a herbal medicine known from ancient times; it was identified as such by Linnaeus.

ח-ל-ב (end): "And then there is ḥelbanah (galbanum) which is called in Arabic lūbnī," meaning, the resin of the storax tree.

Some speculate that the storax of the ancients was probably extracted from a different tree, Liquidambar orientalis which grows wild in northern Syria.