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Aquilaria sinensis
Also called Chinese Agarwood, Chinese Eaglewood
Aquilaria sinensis is an evergreen tree from southeast China and Hainan, grown mainly for its resinous heartwood used in incense. It is a tree rather than a common garden or houseplant, and it is threatened in the wild.
Aquilaria sinensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common names Chinese Agarwood, and Chinese Eaglewood (English), Bai Mu Xiang, Chen Xiang, and Tu Chen Xiang (in China) and A Ga Ru (in Tibet).
It is endemic to Southeast China including Hainan and found as an introduced species in Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aquilaria sinensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
