Aquilaria malaccensis

taxobox
status = VU
status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Thymelaeaceae
genus = "Aquilaria"
species = "A. malaccensis"
binomial = "Aquilaria malaccensis"
binomial_authority = Lamk.
synonyms = "A. agallocha"Broad, S. (1995) "Agarwood harvesting in Vietnam" "TRAFFIC Bulletin" 15:96] [http://www.cites.org/eng/com/pc/14/E-PC14-09-02-02-A2.pdf Anonymous (November 2003) "Annex 2: Review of Significant Trade: "Aquilaria malaccensis" "Significant trade in plants: Implementation of Resolution Conf. 12.8: Progress with the Implementation of Species Reviews" (CITES PC14 Doc.9.2.2)] Fourteenth meeting of the Plants Committee, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Windhoek, Namibia] ,
"A. secundaria",
"A. malaccense",
"Agalochum malaccense"|

"Aquilaria malaccensis" is a species of plant in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It is threatened by habitat loss.Barden, Angela (2000) "Heart of the Matter: Agarwood Use and Trade and CITES Implementation for Aquilaria malaccensis" [http://www.traffic.org/news/agarwood.pdf] TRAFFIC International, Cambridge, ISBN 1-85850-177-6]

Economics

"Aquilaria malaccensis" is the major 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. 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

* Asian Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Viet Nam) 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/32056/all "Aquilaria malaccensis"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 August 2007.