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Aloeswood - Agarwood -
Oud - Gaharu
Oud - Gaharu
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Oud or Aloeswood (Agarwood) is a very rare dark resinous heartwood
that forms in Aquilaria trees of southeast Asia. It is not from a tree trunk or
branch but from the roots of a tree (that must be infected with a certain
fungus). The wood is aromatic, in nature, when burned or heated. It is not
supposed to be scented by itself, unless heat is applied to it, because it is a
very dense wood. The resin embedded wood is commonly called gaharu,
jinko, aloeswood, agarwood, or oud (not to be confused with 'Bakhoor')
and is valued in many cultures for its distinctive fragrance, and thus is used
for incense and perfumes. It is burned as incense around the Muslim world
and the pure oil that comes from it sells for top dollar.
See the complete article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloeswood
Agarwood is known under many names in different cultures:
that forms in Aquilaria trees of southeast Asia. It is not from a tree trunk or
branch but from the roots of a tree (that must be infected with a certain
fungus). The wood is aromatic, in nature, when burned or heated. It is not
supposed to be scented by itself, unless heat is applied to it, because it is a
very dense wood. The resin embedded wood is commonly called gaharu,
jinko, aloeswood, agarwood, or oud (not to be confused with 'Bakhoor')
and is valued in many cultures for its distinctive fragrance, and thus is used
for incense and perfumes. It is burned as incense around the Muslim world
and the pure oil that comes from it sells for top dollar.
See the complete article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloeswood
Agarwood is known under many names in different cultures:
- Both agarwood and its resin distillate/extracts
are known as Oud (عود) in Arabic (literally
wood) and used to describe agarwood in
nations and areas of Islamic faith. Western
perfumers may also use agarwood essential oil
under the name "oud" or "oude". - The Indonesian and Malay name is "gaharu".
- In Hindi (India), it is known as "agar", which is originally Sanskrit
based. - It is known as Chén-xīang (沉香) in Chinese, "trầm hương" [4] in
Vietnamese, and Jin-koh (沈香) in Japanese; all meaning "sinking
incense" and alluding to its high density. - In Europe it was referred to as Lignum aquila (eagle-wood) or
Agilawood, because of the similarity in sound of agila to gaharu. - Another name is Lignum aloes or Aloeswood.
- In Tibetan it is known as ཨ་ག་རུ་ (a-ga-ru).
- In Assamese it is called as "ogoru".
- In New Guinea it is called "ghara".
- In Thai language it is known as "Mai Kritsana" (ไม้กฤษณา).
- In Laos it is known as "Mai Ketsana".