It has been mistaken for the tacamahaca of India, which, however, is a product of the C. calaba, L. Mixed with equal parts of pitch and wax it is applied to the chest as a plaster in bronchitis.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
On the eastern side is the suburb of calaba, and on the western our Malabar Hill.
"The-Darrow-Enigma"
Severy, Melvin Linwood
calaba was his principal fort, situated not many leagues from Bombay, and he possessed an island in sight of the port, from whence he molested the Company's ships.
"The Pirates Own Book"
Charles Ellms