✿Thymelaeaceae · Aquilaria
Agar / Aloewood
Aquilaria malaccensis
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Flowering
- April-September
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aquilaria malaccensis
- Genus
- Aquilaria
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Distribution
- Southeast Asia
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-September
- Conservation status
- CR
Local Names
- Hindi
- अगर agar
- Bengali
- আগর উদ্ভিদ
- Tamil
- அகில், காழ்வை
- Kannada
- ಅಗಿಲ್, ಅಗಿಲು Agil, ಕಾರಗಿಲ್
- Malayalam
- അകിൽ (Aquilaria malaccensis)
- Marathi
- अगरू
About Agar
Aloewood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a tree in the Thymelaeaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Arunachal Pradesh. It is cultivated. Flowering and fruiting run from April to September.
Uses
In practice it is cut for timber and furniture, distilled for an aromatic oil and tapped for gum or resin. Parts of this plant are reported as poisonous — treat it as unsafe to eat and wash your hands after handling.
Botanical family
Thymelaeaceae
Daphne/Agarwood family
Agar belongs to the Thymelaeaceae family.
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