The Arabians import from Carmania also the wood of a tree called ''stobrum'', which they employ in fumigations, by steeping it in palm wine, and then setting fire to it. The odour first ascends to the ceiling, and then descends in volumes to the floor; it is very agreeable, but is apt to cause an oppression of the head, though unattended with pain; it is used for promoting sleep in persons when ill.
〔Pliny, ''...in Carmanos arborem stobrum ad suffitus, perfusam uino palmeo...'' (''H.N.'' LV, 12.40).〕

Although the savin shrub, the ''Juniperus sabina'' of Carl Linnaeus, bears this name in Greek, it is evident, as Fée says, that Pliny does not allude to it, but to a coniferous tree, as it is that family which produces a resinous wood with a balsamic odour when ignited. Bauhin and others would make the tree meant to be the ''Thuja occidentalis'' of Carl Linnaeus; but, as Fée observes, that tree is in reality a native originally of Canada, while the ''Thuja orientalis'' is a native of Japan. He suggests, however, that the "Thuja articulata" of Mount ''Atlas'' (''Tetraclinis articulata'') may have possibly been the citrus of ''Pliny''.〔(Pliny) John Bostock and H.T. Riley, eds. ''The Natural History'' (London: Geo. Bell) 1892.〕

The Arabs imported the fragrant wood of the bratus tree from the country of the Elymaei, the stobrum from Carmania, cinnamon from Ethiopia and also cassia from the same country.〔Rajaram Narayan Saletore, ''Early Indian Economic History'' (Tripathi) 1973.〕