Aquilaria crassna

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MYRTALES	THYMELAEACEAE

Scientific Name:

Aquilaria crassna

Species Authority:

Pierre

Common Name/s:

English

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Agar Wood, Eagle Wood

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered A1cd ver 2.3
Year Assessed:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s	Nghia, N.H.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The Red List category is largely based on the situation in Viet Nam, where the species is distributed sparsely but widely throughout the country.
Countries:	Native: Cambodia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Thailand; Viet Nam

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Primary and secondary forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Exploitation of the diseased wood for the perfume industry has resulted in population declines exceeding 80% over recent years. There is a strong indication that the same losses are occurring in the rest of Indo-China. Other parts of the plant are also widely used: the roots for incense, cosmetics and medicines and the bark for fibre.

Major Threat(s):

Exploitation of the diseased wood for the perfume industry has resulted in population declines exceeding 80% over recent years. There is a strong indication that the same losses are occurring in the rest of Indo-China. Other parts of the plant are also widely used: the roots for incense, cosmetics and medicines and the bark for fibre.

Citation:	Nghia, N.H. 1998. Aquilaria crassna. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 November 2009.
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