Igama lesiLatini : Amyris Balsamifera.
 Ingxenye Yezitshalo Ezisetshenziswayo : Izinkuni namagatsha.
 Umthombo: Jamaica.
 Indlela yokukhipha: I-Steam Distillation.
 Amafutha abalulekile e-Amyris abizwa nangokuthi amafutha e-West Indian Sandalwood ngoba iphunga lawo likhumbuza i-sandalwood. Itholakala ngokucwiliswa kwesitimu emagxolweni nasemagatsheni esihlahla i-Amyris balsamifera. Ngenxa yobuningi bawo kawoyela, lolu khuni luvutha lodwa, njengekhandlela, futhi ngenxa yalokho lubizwa ngokuthi ukhuni lwekhandlela ngabantu bendawo. Ingenye engabizi kakhulu ku-sandalwood emsulwa.
 Lamafutha asetshenziselwe ukuhlanza izilonda, nokwelapha umkhuhlane,  isifo sohudo. Kuthiwa iyasebenza kakhulu ekwehliseni i-cystitis kanye nezifo zangasese. Uma isetshenziswa ku-vaporiser, isiza ekudambiseni ukukhathazeka nokungezwani, ukuqwasha, futhi isebenza njenge-aphrodisiac, ekhulula ukungabi namandla nokubanda. Isetshenziselwa ukwelapha ukukhwehlela kanye nemikhuhlane, kanye ne-bronchitis. Izakhiwo zayo zokupholisa kuthiwa zisiza ngesikhathi sokuzindla. Kuphinde kube umsipha  epholile futhi emollient. 
 Umsuka wezitshalo wesihlahla esithela lawa mafutha wawungaziwa kwaze kwaba ngu-1886 lapho umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwalesi sitshalo kanye ne-sandalwood yangempela ibonakala ngokuhlola amaqabunga amancane. Isihlahla se-Amyris balsamifera sikhula zasendle e-Haiti nase-Jamaica ngenxa yezindawo zabo zokuphulukisa nezinephunga elimnandi, amafutha abalulekile ayebhekwa njengegugu kunegolide kubantu basendulo.