Aquilaria, Aloeswood, Chen Xiang 沉香 Eaglewood, Agar, Agarwood, Aloes Wood, Wood of AloesChen Xiang (TCM)Agaru (Ayurveda)A gar  ཨ་གར (Tibetan)Ood, Ood Hindi, Ood-ul Hindi, Ood Gharqi (Unani) Left: True Aloeswood; Center: Aloeswood tree; Right: ‘Spurious’ (false) AloeswoodMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 A. agallocha (left)Royle, J.F., Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the naturalhistory of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, (1839) Two varieties of Aloeswood typically available on the modern market (Adam, 2015, 2019) Botanical name: Various species of Aquilaria: A. aqallocha is the standard product A. malaccensis (regarded as best) A. sinensis A. crassna A. secundaria A. ovata In Tibetan Medicine, there are 3 varieties of Agar recognised: A skya, (Agar dkar po): Aquilaria sinensis Ar nag (Agar ru nag po) Aquilaria agallocha, A. malaccensis Ar dmar (Agar ru dmar po, A gar dmar po, Agar go snoyd) Cinnamomum parthenoxylon, C. impressinervium, C. granduliferum Additional sources:1. Members of the genus Gyrinops (of which there are 8 species) were originally classed as Aquilaria, and are also sources of ‘Agarwood’2. Excoecaria agallocha has also been listed as a source of Agarwood.3. Aetoxylon sympetalum is the source of ‘White Agarwood’, primarily used in perfumery, but also reportedly a source…

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