بشم

بَشَامٌ ذ [The tree of the balsam of Mekkeh; amyris opobalsamum; mentioned by Forskål in his Flora Aegypt. Arab. p. ex. as growing in the middle mountainous region of El-Yemen, and described by him in p. 79 of the same work; in both places as being called in Arabic ابو شام, which is a mistake for بشام;] a certain odoriferous kind of tree, (S K,) of sweet taste, (TA,) the leaves of which, (AHn, K) pounded, and mixed with الحِنَّاآء [or the leaves of the Lawsonia inermis ], (AHn,) blacken the hair; (AHn, K) it is a kind of tree having a stem and branches, and small leaves, but larger than the leaves of the [ species of marjoram called ] صَعْتَر, and having no fruit; [ but only, as Forskål states, a blackish seed, which is abortive; ] when its leaf or its branch is cut, it pours forth a white milk; (AHn, TA;) and its twigs are used for cleaning the teeth: (S, K:) n. un. with ة. (TA.) In a trad., mention is made of persons having no food but the leaves of the بشام. (TA.)