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Agaru, Aquilaria agallocha

Ksharaka wood is an evergreen tree grows up to 49 metres tall. The bole can be up to 60cm in diameter. The aromatic resin obtained from this tree is one of the most famous and most expensive on the planet. It has a very long history of use in religious ceremonies, at funerals etc in the Orient and is widely sought after as an ingredient in perfumery.

Uses

Wound healing, Skin diseases, Worm infestation, Cough,Cold, Asthma. ^[1]

Parts Used

Wood

Chemical Composition

The essential oil yields a number of agarofurans, sesquiterpene alcohols and spirosesquiterpene alcohols. The stemwood yields sesquiterpenoids—gmelofuran and agarol; also a coumarinolignan—aquillochin. ^[2]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Agaru, Agaru gandha, Krishnagaru
Hindi	Agar
Malayalam	Akil, Karakil, Kayagahru
Tamil	Akilmaram, Akkuru, Kalimankam
Telugu	Agaru, Agaru chettu, Krishnagaru
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Kamboji, Ksharaka, Kucandanah,Tamraka
English	Agarwood

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Vata, Kapha

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	alternate	simple, penni-veined with wavy horizontal tertiary venation, glabrous; stipules absent.

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	axillary and terminal panicles	Pale yellow		Flowers ca. 5 mm diameter in white-yellow with corolla tube and form in panicles

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Capsule	19mm across		Greenish		{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Seeds mature during July-August. It loses viability soon. Thus seeds are sown within a week of collection. Raising seedlings in poly-bag is preferred. Seed germination is more than 80%. ^[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

Photo Gallery

Flower
Leaves
Sapling

References

External Links

[Uses-1] Uses

[Chemical_composition-2] Chemical composition

[Common_names-3] Vernacular names

[Leaf-4] Botonic description

[Cultivation_details-5] Cultivation details

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