It is also known as Antilles calophyllum; Alexandrian laurel; Galba; Santa Maria; mast wood, beauty leaf, West Indian laurel.
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In Malay, George Town was labelled in old maps as " Tanjung Penaga " ( Cape Penaigre ), named after the many ballnut trees ( Alexandrian laurels, " Calophyllum inophyllum " ) on the coast, but now usually shortened as " Tanjung " ( the Cape ).