Camphor: A Diminishing Industry of Great Importance

Camphor: An important production reduction industry is a member of Heywood (1978), which is highly regarded around the world, especially in China. It is said that this valuable plant comes from China, but also in Japan, Taiwan, East Asia there are references at the same time. Camphor is abundant in most subtropical countries, including India and Ceylon. Eucalyptus is also prosperous in Egypt, Canary Islands, Argentina, Europe, Florida, California, and Formosa.

Camphor can come from some kind of tree in southern China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and Malaysia Indian island, but it is said that the best camphor in the world comes from the port near Bassus, Sumatra It is. Town of Sibolga today. All sources in Europe, Arabia, China, Indonesia agree with this. In fact, in the early Indonesian texts few people mentioned Kapur (cam) in place of Kapur · Bals. Camphor usually is found in several places. Among them, there is an island in the vicinity of Fal, 700 Falsark, which is known as a golden country. Camphor from there is the best among all types. Another place for camphor is Arbashr and al-Zbaj. Camphor has the worst kind

Fansur is believed to be the Barus of the western coast of Sumatra, known for its camphor; Polo is the best in the world as ... du monde that the camphor from Fansur is l moilour ... , We can think safely This is the bullus he is talking about. (On the other hand, although this special manuscript erroneously clears saffron, this is almost certainly a transcript error.) For centuries, traders in the Indian Ocean knew Balls. Through that process, the famous Indian Malaysia and the Indian Ocean (this is a common variant of the Kapoor "Barus camphor" in Medieval Malay, Sunday and Javanese texts). Barousai appeared in Geographia of Ptolemy, probably Barus, and found an inscription of Tamil dating back to 1088 (1010 Saka). One of India's trade guilds. By the way, 'Fansur' is the Arabic name of this place.