Aquilaria malaccensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MYRTALES	THYMELAEACEAE

Scientific Name:

Aquilaria malaccensis

Species Authority:

Lam.

Common Name/s:

English

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Agarwood, Aloewood, Eaglewood, Lign-aloes

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Asian Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Viet Nam, August 1996)
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	A large evergreen tree occurring in forests at the base of mountainous areas.
Countries:	Native: Bangladesh; Bhutan; India (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura); Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatera); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	For centuries the species has been traded internationally for the wood infected with fungi, called agar or gaharu amongst other things; it is used as incense, perfume and in traditional medicine. Most of the agarwood on the market is collected from the wild since the few plantations set up in the early 1900s are either under serious pressure or have been destroyed.

Major Threat(s):

For centuries the species has been traded internationally for the wood infected with fungi, called agar or gaharu amongst other things; it is used as incense, perfume and in traditional medicine. Most of the agarwood on the market is collected from the wild since the few plantations set up in the early 1900s are either under serious pressure or have been destroyed.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species is considered critically endangered in India and export has been prohibited. It is included in Appendix II of CITES.

Conservation Actions:

The species is considered critically endangered in India and export has been prohibited. It is included in Appendix II of CITES.

Citation:	Asian Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Viet Nam, August 1996) 1998. Aquilaria malaccensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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