Aquilaria crassna

Aquilaria crassna is a species of plant in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is found in throughout Southeast Asia and in New Guinea.

This article is about the tree. For the resinous heartwood from Aquilaria trees, see Agarwood.

Aquilaria crassna

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Aquilaria
Species:
A. crassna
Binomial name
Aquilaria crassna
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Economics
Main article: Agarwood

Aquilaria crassna is one source[2] of agarwood, a resinous heartwood, used for perfume and incense.[3] The resin is produced by the tree in response to infection by a parasitic ascomycetous mould, Phaeoacremonium parasitica,[4] a dematiaceous (dark-walled) fungus.

References
  1. Nghia, N.H. (1998). "Aquilaria crassna". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1998: e.T32814A9731504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32814A9731504.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Ng, L.T., Chang Y.S. and Kadir, A.A. (1997) "A review on agar (gaharu) producing Aquilaria species" Journal of Tropical Forest Products 2(2): pp. 272-285
  3. Broad, S. (1995) "Agarwood harvesting in Vietnam" TRAFFIC Bulletin 15:96
  4. formerly Phialophora parasitica Crous, P. W. et al. (1996) "Phaeoacremonium gen. nov. associated with wilt and decline diseases of woody hosts and human infections." Mycologia 88(5): pp. 786–796


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