lign aloes
Aquilaria
Aquilaria is a genus of fifteen species of trees, called lign aloes or lign-aloes trees, in the Thymelaeaceae, native to southeast Asia. They occur particularly in the rainforests of Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Northern India, the Philippines, Borneo and New Guinea. The trees grow to 6–20 m tall. The leaves are alternate, 5–11 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, with a short acuminate apex and an entire margin. The flowers are yellowish-green, produced in an umbel;...
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chinese Eaglewood
speciesAquilaria sinensis
Agarwood
speciesAquilaria malaccensis
Aquilaria crassna
speciesAquilaria crassna
Aquilaria filaria
speciesAquilaria filaria
Aquilaria beccariana
speciesAquilaria beccariana
Aquilaria hirta
speciesAquilaria hirta
Aquilaria cumingiana
speciesAquilaria cumingiana
Aquilaria baillonii
speciesAquilaria baillonii
Aquilaria banaense
speciesAquilaria banaense
Aquilaria microcarpa
speciesAquilaria microcarpa
Aquilaria rostrata
speciesAquilaria rostrata
Aquilaria rugosa
speciesAquilaria rugosa
Aquilaria yunnanensis
speciesAquilaria yunnanensis
Aquilaria khasiana
speciesAquilaria khasiana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 184168.