[A South American name.] A tropical evergreen tree (Calophyllum Calaba) growing in Brazil and the West Indies, from the seeds of which a lamp-oil is obtained; it also yields Calaba-balsam, or -resin.
1753. in Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v.
1866. Treas. Bot., 201/1. This tree is called Calaba in the West Indies.
