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Agarwood
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A. malaccensis is the major source of agarwood, a resinous heartwood, used for perfume and incense. The resin is produced by the tree in response to infection by a parasitic ascomycetous mould, Phaeoacremonium parasitica, a dematiaceous (dark-walled) fungus.
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Comments: 1st grade cultivated aloes/agar wood
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Comments: Aloe succotrina. Fynbos aloe. Cape Peninsula.
Agarwood ("Aloe"). Aquilaria malaccensis or Aloe succotrina. אהלים ’ăhālîm - Strongs: H174, ἀλοή, aloē - Strongs: G250.
From Easton: Aloes, (Heb. 'ahalim), a fragrant wood (Numbers 24:6; Psalms 45:8; Proverbs 7:17; Song of Solomon 4:14), the Aquilaria agallochum of botanists, or, as some suppose, the costly gum or perfume extracted from the wood. It is found in China, Siam, and Northern India, and grows to the height sometimes of 120 feet. This species is of great rarity even in India. There is another and more common species, called by Indians aghil, whence Europeans have given it the name of Lignum aquile, or eagle-wood. Aloewood was used by the Egyptians for embalming dead bodies. Nicodemus brought it (pounded aloe-wood) to embalm the body of Christ (John 19:39); but whether this was the same as that mentioned elsewhere is uncertain.
The bitter aloes of the apothecary is the dried juice of the leaves Aloe vulgaris.
Verses:
- Numbers 24:6
- Psalms 45:8
- Proverbs 7:17
- Song of Solomon 4:14
- John 19:39
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