Indian Islands_) says that this is the eagle-wood of commerce.

Its name in Malay and Javanese is _kalambak_ or _kalambah_, but it is also known in these languages by that of _gahru_, or _kayu-gahru_, gahru-wood, a corruption of the Sanscrit _Agharu_.

This sweet-scented wood has been used immemorially as an incense throughout eastern countries, and was early introduced into Europe by the Portuguese.

The perfumed wood is evidently the result of a disease in the tree, produced by the thickening of the sap into a gum or resin.

The tree is confused with the aloes, but properly speaking has no connection with that tree; and the word _agila_ has been wrongly translated into "eagle" [see above "_aguila_"].