A large evergreen tree, 18-21 m, sometimes up to 40 m in height, 1.5-2.5 m in girth, with a moderately straight and often fluted stem. Leaves 5-9 cm long, thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate; flowers white or green or dirty yellow in terminal, sessile or shortly peduncled, unbellate cymes.
Agarol, gmelofuran and aquillochin (stem wood); alpha and beta-agarofuran, dihydro-beta-agarofuran, selinene and iso-dihydro-alpha-agarofuran (essential oil).
Chemistry
of Active Ingredients
Name
CAS#
IUPAC Name
Formula
Structure
alpha-Agarofuran
Not Available
Not Available
C15H24O
beta-Agarofuran
Not Available
Not Available
C14H22O
Pharmacology
Medicinal Use
In rheumatism, gout, diarrhea and ending vomiting (bark); in diarrhoea, dysentery, gout, rheumatism, asthma and paralysis.
Reference
Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants. Kim YC. Lee EH. Lee YM. Kim HK. Song BK. Lee EJ. Kim HM. Effect of the aqueous extract of Aquilaria agallocha stems.
Health Remedies 
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