agaru:
Taxonomical Classification
Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Aquilaria genus
Species: A.malaccensis
Allied species:
Aquilaria malaccenes - It is a species of plant in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It is threatened by habitat loss.VERNACULAR NAMES
Sanskrit: AgaruEnglish: aloe wood, eagle wood
Hindi: Agar
Urdu: Ood hindi
Telugu: Agaru
Bengali: Agaru
Marathi: Agar
Gujarathi: Agar
Tamil: Aggalichandanam, Agalichandanam
Malayalam: Akil
Kannada: Krishna agaru
Punjabi: Ooda, Ooda, Pharsi
Arabic: Agare-hindi, ajmod, aud, aude-hindi, ude-hindi
Assamese: Agaru
Japanese: Jinko
Chinese: Chenxiang
Persian: Agar, Agare-hindi
Varities:
- In Dhanvantari Nighandu another Kaleyaka is mentioned.
- In Sodhala Nighantu explains about three types - Agaru, Krishna Agaru and Kakatunda Agaru.
- In Rajanighantu quoted four varieties - Krishna agaru( black), Kashta agaru (yellow), Dahagaru, Mangalyagaru.
- The agaru is of two varieties based on the colour of the bark (a) Whitish (shveta agaru) (b) Blackish ( Krishna agaru) this is considered as superior.
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