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Thymelaeaceae

Agarwood

Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.

Family
Thymelaeaceae
Genus
Aquilaria

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Common names

By language (23)
Arabic
عود هندي
arz
عود هندى
Assamese
সাঁচিগছ
ban
Agaru
Bangla
আগর উদ্ভিদ
Burmese
အကျော်
Chinese
马来沉香, 馬來沉香, 沉香, 伽罗, 奇南沉香, 容水沉香
English
Agarwood, Agar wood, Aloe wood, Eagle wood
German
Adlerholzbaum
Hindi
अगर
iba
Garu
Indonesian
Gaharu
Kannada
ಆಕ್ವೇಲಾರಿಯ
mad
Kaju ghâru
Malay
Pokok Karas
Malayalam
അകിൽ
Marathi
अगरू
Odia
ଅଗର, ଅଗୁରୁ
Sanskrit
आक़ुइलरिअ मलच्छेन्सिस
Swedish
Örnträd
Tamil
அகில், காழ்வை
Urdu
عود ہندی
Vietnamese
Trầm hương

Synonyms

  • Agallochum malaccense (Lam.) Kuntze
  • Agallochum officinarum Lam.
  • Agallochum praestantissimum Lam.
  • Agallochum sylvestre Lam.
  • Aloexylum agallochum Lour.
  • Aloexylum verum Lour.
  • Aquilaria agallocha Roxb.
  • Aquilaria agallochum (Lour.) Roxb. ex Finl.
  • Aquilaria moluccensis Oken
  • Aquilaria ovata Cav.
  • Aquilaria secundaria DC.
  • Aquilariella malaccensis (Lam.) Tiegh.
  • Cynometra agallocha Spreng.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.