Dipterocarpaceae

Borneo camphor

Dryobalanops aromatica C.F.Gaertn.

Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Dryobalanops

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Borneo camphor (Dryobalanops aromatica) — FruitPhoto: lunarjade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (7)

bo: ག་བུར་
Chinese: 龍腦香, 冰片, 冰片香
English: Borneo camphor, Indonesian kapur, Malayan camphor
Indonesian: Barus
Japanese: リュウノウジュ
Korean: 용뇌수, 용뇌
Malay: Kapur barus, Pokok Kapur

Synonyms

Dipterocarpus camphorus (Colebr.) Mart.
Dipterocarpus dryobalanops Steud.
Dipterocarpus teres Steud.
Dryobalanops camphora Colebr.
Dryobalanops junghuhnii Becc.
Dryobalanops sumatrensis (J.F.Gmel.) Kosterm.
Dryobalanops vriesii Becc.
Pterigium teres Corrêa
Shorea camphorifera Roxb.
Vatica camphorifera (Roxb.) Voigt

Photos

FruitPhoto: lunarjade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bpprakoso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Farishhamka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Farishhamka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rohitjahnavi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rohitjahnavi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.