Celtis timorensis, commonly known as stinkwood or stinking wood is a species of flowering plant in the Cannabaceae family. The specific epithet comes from the name of the island of Timor, the locality of the type collection. In Sri Lanka, it is known as "ගුරෙන්ද - gurenda", where whole plant is an important medicine. In Thailand, it is know as kæ̂ng k̄hī̂ phrar̀wng or mị̂ chĕd tūd phrar̀wng (Thai: แก้งขี้พระร่วง, ไม้เช็ดตูดพระร่วง; literally: wipe the bottom timber). Due to smell like feces, legend has it that Phra Ruang (the legendary King of Sukhothai dynasty) to wipe feces.