Citronwood

Citronwood, or CITRUS-WOOD, the most costly furniture-wood of Roman antiquity, is usually regarded as derived from Biota (Thuja) orientalis, or possibly from Callitris quadrivalvis, allied coniferous trees, both popularly known as Arbor Vitæ (oriental and African). Cicero is said to have paid an enormous sum for a table of this wood.