Botanical Name - Aquilaria agallocha


Category - Medicinal


Form - Dry


Part Used - Heart Wood


General Information - "This plant is a large evergreen tree about 20 meters tall and 1.5-2.4 meters in girth with somewhat straight and fluted bole.
Leaves are alternate 0.5-10 cm by 2-5 cm, oblong, lanceolate or elliptic, caudate, acuminate and glabrous with slender nerves.
Venation is parallel and petiole is 0.3-0.5 cm long.
It is commercially used as fragrant and in prepation of drugs.
The tree contains plenty of oleoresin and has irregular dark patches.
The wood burns with a bright flame giving off pleasant smell.
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Phytochemicals - The chemical constitutes of agarwood originating from the genus Aquilaria, include 2-(2-phenylethyl)-4H-chromen-4-one derivatives, terpenoids, flavonoids etc., in which 2-(2-phenylethyl)-4H-chromen-4-one derivatives and sesquiterpenes are the two predominant constituents in agarwood.