Taxon:
Aquilaria sinensis (Lour.) Spreng.
Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:356. 1825
Verified:
07/25/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource). URL: http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of China Checklist (on-line resource). URL: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/TROPICOS/china/welcome.html
- Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:64. URL: http://proseanet.org Note: mentions
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
- Yen, Kun-Ying. 1994. Illustrated Chinese materia medica crude and prepared.
Common names
English
Chinese agarwood – Transcribed Chinese
bai mu xiang – chen xiang –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | essential oils | source of agarwood oil | Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:64. URL: http://proseanet.org Note: mentions |
Materials | fiber | for paper | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |