Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.

 
  • Family : THYMELAEACEAE
    (Mezereum Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RAMETA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Thymelaeaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Agallochum malaccense (Lam.) Kuntze; Aquilariella malaccensis (Lam.) Tiegh.; Cynometra agallocha Spreng.; Agallochum officinarum Lam.; Agallochum praestantissimum Lam.; Agallochum sylvestre Lam.; Aloexylum agallochum Lour.; Aloexylum verum Lour.; Aquilaria agallocha Roxb.; Aquilaria agallocha (Lour.) Roxb. ex Finl.; Aquilaria moluccensis Oken; Aquilaria ovata Cav.; Aquilaria secundaria DC.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.
  • Common name : Aloewood
  • Vernacular name :
    • Outh, Ooth (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Cultivated
  • Key identification features : Large trees, 15-30 m high with pyramidal crown; bark whitish; Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate, caudate-acuminate at apex; Flowers in terminal, silky, cymose umbels, white; Capsules obovoid, tomentose.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-September
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Bhutan, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Southeast Asia
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 347
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aquilaria malaccensis. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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