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Taxon:  Dryobalanops aromatica C. F. Gaertn.



Summary
Genus:
Dryobalanops
Nomen number:
400385
Place of publication:
Suppl. carp. 49, t. 186. 1805
Comment:
now a correct name with the rejection of Laurus sumatrensis J. Gmelin
Verified:
11/15/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dryobalanops sumatrensis (J. F. Gmel.) Kosterm.
Laurus sumatrensis J. F. Gmel.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. 1993
  3. Brummitt, R. K. 1996. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 44. Taxon 45:679.
  4. Keys, J. D. Chinese herbs: their botany, chemistry, and pharmacodynamics. 1976
  5. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  6. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  7. Newman, M. 1994. (1106) Proposal to reject the name Laurus sumatrensis J. F. Gmelin (Lauraceae). Taxon 43:480.
  8. Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(1):192.
  9. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1982. Flora malesiana. 1948- 9:375.
  10. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  11. Yen, Kun-Ying. Illustrated Chinese materia medica: crude drugs. 1980
  12. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
Borneo camphor –
Malay camphor –
Sumatra camphor –
Malay
kapur –
Swedish
kapurträd –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaKalimantan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Kalimantan, Sumatra], Malaysia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialsessential oils Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(1):192.
Materialswood Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(1):192.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400385. Accessed 15 December 2025.

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