Oreodaphne

Oreodaphne, a genus of trees of the natural order Lauraceæ, sometimes called Mountain Laurel. O. opifera is a native of the countries on the lower part of the Amazon. A volatile oil obtained from the bark is used as a liniment, and when kept for a short time deposits a great quantity of camphor. O. cupularis is a very large tree with strong-scented wood, the bark of which yields the cinnamon of Mauritius. It grows also in Bourbon and Madagascar. O. fetens, a native of the Canaries, has wood (Til-wood) of a most disagreeable odour. O. bullata, found at the Cape of Good Hope, is also remarkable for the disagreeable odour of its wood, the Stink-wood of the colonists; but it is hard, durable, beautiful, takes an excellent polish, and is used in shipbuilding.