楠,古称柟,最早的文献记载始见战国后期的《山海经》一书,是书记载“柟”之处几十三处,分载于《五藏山经》各山经。东晋郭璞的注《山海经·南山经》:“虖勺之山,其上多柟”时所说:“楠,大木,叶似桑,今作楠,音南”后之六朝·梁陶宏景《别录》又有:“楠材微 Nan, the ancient name of Nan, the earliest records began to see the late Warring States period, ”Shan Hai Jing,“ a book is recorded in the book ”Nan “ Department where dozens of three, contained in the ”Five Mountains“ by the mountains. The introduction of the Eastern Jin Guo Pu’s note ”Shan Hai Jing · Nanshan Jing“: ”scoop of the mountain, on which more Nan “ said: ”Nan, wood, leaf-like mulberry, now Nan, Liu Chao Liang Tao Hongjing “Do not record” there: "Nan wood micro