BACKGROUND
Gaharu @ Agarwood is a tree in the family Thymelaeceae. Mature trees will grow up to 40 meters in height and 40cm in diameter. Agarwood trees in natural forests began to produce agarwood resin at the age of 20 to 45 years, depending on the resistance of trees and tree injury response. Agarwood trees are very enthused to be able to produce a fragrant and pleasant aroma when burned wood. According to data released at the first World Conference on agarwood in Vietnam there are 16 species of the genus Aquilaria is a high commercial value.
Gaharu @ Agarwood is a tree in the family Thymelaeceae. Mature trees will grow up to 40 meters in height and 40cm in diameter. Agarwood trees in natural forests began to produce agarwood resin at the age of 20 to 45 years, depending on the resistance of trees and tree injury response. Agarwood trees are very enthused to be able to produce a fragrant and pleasant aroma when burned wood. According to data released at the first World Conference on agarwood in Vietnam there are 16 species of the genus Aquilaria is a high commercial value.
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| A mature tree. |
FOLLOWING ARE TYPES BY AGRAWOOD Ranking
- Aquilaria SUBINTEGRA Found at Thailand
- Aquilaria crassna Found at Thailand, Cambodia, Loas, Vietnam
- Aquilaria malaccensis Found at Thailand, India, Indonesia
- Aquilaria apiculata Found at Philippines
- Aquilaria BAILLONIL Found at Thailand, Combodia, Loas, Vietnam
- Aquilaria BANEONSIS Found at Vietnam
- Aquilaria BECCARIAN Found at Indonesia
- Aquilaria BRACHYANTHA Found at Malaysia
- Aquilaria CUMINGIANA Found at Indonesia, Philippines Found at Nuegini
- AQUILARIA filaria, China Found at China
- AQUILARIA grandiflora
- AQUILARIA HILATA Found at Indonesia, Malaysia Found at India
- AQUILARIA KHASIANA
- AQUILARIA MICROCAPA Found at Indonesia, Malaysia Found at Malaysia
- AQUILARIA rostrata Found at China
- AQUILARIA sinensis
Agarwood living in lowland areas to a height of 750 m above sea level and requires rainfall and high humidity. Agarwood is used in the perfume industry, medical products, Ayurvedic medicine, religious ceremonies and so forth.
- The higher the demand for sandalwood production declined even lead to price increases every year.
- Most of sandalwood were exported to. contractors in Singapore, the Middle East, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
- The price can reach up to RM14-18 thousand per kilogram for Double Super Grade. In fact, the market price for sandalwood oil is also very high at RM45 thousand / kg (method of grading the quality of timber and oil still standard and depending on the seller and buyer).
- Southeast Asian agarwood exports valued at RM48.3 million to Saudi Arabia and the supply meets only 20% of the market.
- Currently, most of the gaharu produced from forest and are very limited. Without replanting. This species will be threatened with extinction due to acquisition activity of aloes.
- Planting gaharu in Malaysia is still new and not popular, but in other countries such as Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia have long cultivated. In fact, it gets very strong support from their government agencies in terms of capital and technology.
- Overall agarwood (stem, leaf & root) and can be useful in comical.
- Sandalwood tree planting carried out in accordance wasteland, save forest reserves, areas that have been explored and logging carried out in agricultural fields and forests are integrated with a variety of other crops such as herbs and plant commodities.
- We will provide service after the trees are planted and will buy back the sandalwood trees that have matured.
- With the latest technology could cut down sandalwood trees within 5-6 years, 12 months after injection (inducement) drugs, cut down trees can start to get resin.
- For an acre of land can be planted almost 1000 trees with a distance of 6-7 feet, the estimated revenue for the RM1000.00 per tree and per acre is RM1 million.
