Aquilaria crassna

taxobox
status = CR
status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Thymelaeaceae
genus = "Aquilaria"
species = "A. crassna"
binomial = "Aquilaria crassna"
binomial_authority = Pierre|

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

Economics

"Aquilaria crassna" is one sourceNg, 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] of agarwood, a resinous heartwood, used for perfume and incense.Broad, S. (1995) "Agarwood harvesting in Vietnam" "TRAFFIC Bulletin" 15:96] The resin is produced by the tree in response to infection by a parasitic ascomycetous mould, "Phaeoacremonium parasitica", [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] a dematiaceous (dark-walled) fungus.

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References

* Nghia, N.H. 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/32814/all "Aquilaria crassna"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 August 2007.