Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Thymelaeaceae | Genus: Aquilaria | Species: Aquilaria malaccensis Lam. |
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| Synonym | Agallochum malaccense, Aquilaria agallocha | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Agar wood | Flower Type | Corymb |
| English / Trade Name | Malayan Aloes-wood, Malayan Eaglewood | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Agar | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a loculicidal obovoid or obovoid-cylindrical, 3-4 cm X 2.5 cm, usually compressed, pubescent, glabrescent, base cuneate, apex rounded; pericarp woody |
| Habitat | Occurring in forests at the base of mountainous areas | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Sabah, East-Kalimantan), Philippines | Bark Details | Bark smooth whitish |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Tree, up to 20(-49) m tall with bole up to 60 cm in diameter usually straight sometimes fluted or with thick (10 cm) buttresses up to 2 m high; bark smooth | Leaf Details | Leaves petiole 4-6 mm long; blade elliptical-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 7.5-12 cm X 2.5-5.5 cm, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous, sometimes pubescent and glabrescent beneath |
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