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Taxon:  Aquilaria sinensis (Lour.) Spreng.



Summary
Genus:
Aquilaria
Family:
Thymelaeaceae
Nomen number:
423311
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:356. 1825
Verified:
07/25/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ophiospermum sinense Lour.

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Conservation Status
  • CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Reference(s)
  1. Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. 1993
  2. Cheung, Siu-cheong & Ning-hon Li, eds. Chinese medicinal herbs of Hong Kong. 1978-
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  4. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
  5. Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Medicinal plants in China: a selection of 150 commonly used species. WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series no. 2. 1989
  6. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  7. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  8. Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of China Checklist (on-line resource).
  9. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:64.
  10. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  11. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  12. Yen, Kun-Ying. Illustrated Chinese materia medica crude and prepared. 1994
  13. Yen, Kun-Ying. Illustrated Chinese materia medica: crude drugs. 1980
Common names
English
Chinese agarwood –
Transcribed Chinese
bai mu xiang –
chen xiang –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialsessential oils Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:64.
Materialsfiber Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=423311. Accessed 3 April 2026.


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