一切經音義 1.53

1.53

桂生（圭慧反山海經云招榣山多桂郭璞曰桂葉似枇杷長尺餘味辛花白本草云桂有菌牡二種竝出交廣州及桂林山說文云江南香木也百藥之長從木圭聲也菌音郡牡音母也）。

Cinnamon tree grows [桂生] (gui-hui fan [guì]; Shanhai jing: "Mount Zhaoyao has many cinnamon trees." Guo Pu: "Cinnamon leaves resemble loquat leaves, more than a foot long, pungent in flavor, with white flowers." Bencao: "There are two kinds of cinnamon: jun-gui and mu-gui; both are produced in Jiaozhou, Guangzhou, and the mountains of Guilin." Shuowen: "A fragrant tree of Jiangnan, foremost among the hundred medicines; composed of 'wood' [木] with 'gui' [圭] phonetic; jun [菌] is pronounced jun, mu [牡] is pronounced mu").