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Aquilaria crassna

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Species of agarwood tree from Southeast Asia This article is about the tree. For the resinous heartwood from Aquilaria trees, see Agarwood.

Aquilaria crassna
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this 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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Aquilaria crassna is a species of plant in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is critically endangered and native to Southeast Asia.

Economics

Main article: Agarwood

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

References

  1. ^ Harvey-Brown, Y. (2018). "Aquilaria crassna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T32814A2824513. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T32814A2824513.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  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
Taxon identifiers
Aquilaria crassna


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