Jatoba, known in Peru as azucar huayno, is a towering canopy tree that grows plentifully throughout the Peruvian amazon rainforest ecosystems. All parts of the tree are used medicinally for varying purposes. The tree produces an aromatic copal amber resin (think Jurassic park) that not only helps the jatoba tree resist decay but also protects the tree from wounds, insect attacks, or other affronts to its health.  Interestingly, jatoba is one of the few trees in the amazon that remains unaffected by fungal infections that commonly plague amazonian trees.  Jatoba is used throughout south American herbal, and medical systems for diarrhea, dysentery, intestinal gas, dyspepsia, ulcers, yeast and fungal infections, systemic candida in the stomach and intestines, hemorrhages, and a variety of stomach ailments.