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Taxon:  Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.



Summary
Genus:
Aquilaria
Family:
Thymelaeaceae
Nomen number:
410926
Place of publication:
Encycl. 1:49, t. 356. 1783
Verified:
05/21/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aquilaria agallocha Roxb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  4. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  6. Keng, H. 1990-. The concise flora of Singapore.
  7. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  8. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  9. Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
  10. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:64-67.
  11. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  12. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  13. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
  14. Whitmore, T. C. et al., eds. 1989. Tree flora of Indonesia, Check list for Kalimantan.
Common names
English
agarwood –
aloeswood –
eaglewood –
Indian aloewood –
lign-aloes –
Malayan eaglewoodtree –
German
Adlerholz –
Swedish
örnträd –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan s.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaKalimantan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatera 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaSingapore  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan (s.), India [Assam, West Bengal]
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Kalimantan, Sumatera], Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialsessential oilssource of agarwood oilOyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:64-67.
Materialsfiber Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:64-67.
Materialswood Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:64-67.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=410926. Accessed 28 May 2025.