Agarwood/Gaharu Grading System

(taken from : https://sites.google.com/a/te-resources.net/www/gaharubussinessdevelopment) 


There are 16 species from Aquilaria genus which provides high commercial value of Agarwood/Gaharu according to the data from the World Gaharu Convention in Vietnam (2004).

1. Aquilaria Subintegra            -Found at Thailand
2. Aquilaria Crassna                -Found at Thailand, Cambodia
3. Aquilaria Malacensis            -Found at Thailand,Malaysia,India
4. Aquilaria Apiculata              -Found at Philippines
5. Aquilaria Baillonil                 -Found at Thailand, Cambodia
6. Aquilaria Baneonsis             -Found at Vietnam
7. Aquilaria Beccarian             -Found at Indonesia
8. Aquilaria Brachyantha         -Found at Malaysia
9. Aquilaria Cumingiana           -Found at Indonesia, Malaysia
10. Aquilaria Filaria                   -Found at P.New Guinea, China
11. Aquilaria Grandiflora            -Found at China
12. Aquilaria Hilata                   -Found at Indonesia, Malaysia
13. Aquilaria Khasiana               -Found at India
14. Aquilaria Microcapa             -Found at Indonesia, Malaysia
15. Aquilaria Rostrata               -Found at Malaysia
16. Aquilaria Sinensis               -Found at China

Aquilaria Subintegra was declared as the only Agarwood/Gaharu species that stand above the rest. It produces Super Grade agar resin, high yield of agar essential oil and pleasant aroma.

Business Development   

 

Agarwood/Gaharu trees can be farmed by the following practices.

• Smallscale = Domestication in small plots of land / home gardens / individual home gardens managed by participants / farmers.
• Commercialscale = Government agencies, Private companies / State Forest Enterprises / Collaboration with    TE-Resources.

Farming Management

Farming techniques such as;

• Intercroppedwith aromatic herbs/herbal plants.    
• Agarwood/Gaharu trees can be planted in Tree PlantingPrograms or at the Forest Reserve without losing the natural landscape.
• Integration of Agarwood/Gaharu trees into the local agroforestry system.
• Introduction of TE-Resources Agarwood/Gaharu Biotechnology cultivation techniquesi.e Systematic inducement of high quality resin by wounding and inoculation.
• Quality assessment, productionand grading.