 In the fourth century BC, Theophrastus mentioned "komakon", including it with cinnamon and cassia as an ingredient in aromatic confections.Guillaume Budé and Claudius Salmasius have identified "komakon" with cubeb, probably due to the resemblance which the word bears to the Javanese name of cubeb, "kumukus".This is seen as a curious evidence of Greek trade with Java in a time earlier than that of Theophrastus.