Aquilaria MALACCENSIS Lamk.
| Synonym : | Aloexylum agallochum Lour. Aquilaria moluccensis Oken Aquilaria secundaria Rumph. Ex Dc. Aquilariella malaccensis (Lam.) Tiegh. |
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| Bangla Name : | Agar, Agru. |
| English Name : | Agallochum, Aloe-wood, Eagle Wood. |
| Family : | Thymelaeaceae |
| Disease : | Alterative, tonic, carminative, laxative, stomachic, diuretic, aphrodisiac, febrifuge, skin, hiccup, leucoderma, chronic diarrhoea, bronchitis, asthma, gout, rheumatism and heart disease. |
| Description : | A tall evergreen tree with a conical crown when young. Leaves 5-8.7 cm long, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate. Flowers rather small, greenish on shortly peduncled umbels, arising laterally from the younger branches. Capsules 3.7-5 cm, obovate-cuneate, slightly compressed. |
| Distribution : | Moulvi Bazar, cultivated in Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Principal constituent of the wood is an essential oil, which contains agarospirol. Wood also contains a chromone, agarotetrol, 1,7-oxaporphine, liriodenine and two sesqiuterpenes, gmelofuran and agarol. Stem bark contains two cytotoxic compounds (Asolkar |
| Uses : | Wood is heating, alterative tonic, carminative, laxative, stomachic, diuretic, aphrodisiac and febrifuge, useful in diseases of ear and skin, hiccup, leucoderma, chronic diarrhoea, bronchitis, asthma. The fragrant resinous substance is prescribed in gout |
| Habit : | Tree |