The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Dryobalanops

(from drys, a tree, balanos, an acorn, and ops, appearance; in allusion to the species being a tree bearing acorn-like fruits). Camphor-tree. ORD. Dipterocarpeae. A large resinous camphor-bearing stove evergreen tree, native of Sumatra.

D. aromatica (aromatic). fl. yellow, in panicles. l. obtusely acuminated, elliptic, entire, coriaceous, shining. h. 100ft. This tree furnishes a liquid called Camphor Oil, and a crystalline solid known as Sumatra Camphor. It is highly prized by the Chinese.

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