Vietnamese Aloeswood

Agarwood is also known as aloeswood or Lign Aloes in many religious texts, gaharu (in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea), jin-koh (in Japan), Ch´en Hsiang or Ch´en Xiang (in China), Chim-Hyuang (in Korea) and oud in the Middle East.  It is a resin produced inside a  tree in the genus Aquilaria. 

The dark resin in the wood emits a very powerful aroma when gently heated.  It is considered the very best incense in the world and the finest varieties are more costly than gold.  Many times during the harvesting process, naturally occurring trees are cut down which has decimated the supply of Agarwood.  My supply of Agarwood comes from SUSTAINABLY GROWN trees developed by the Agarwood Research Project at the University of Minnesota in cooperation with the Rainforest Project Foundation.  They have developed methods to cultivated Agarwood  and it can now be produced in a sustainable way in plantation grown trees. This wood comes from tree farms and is NOT taken from the wild.

You will receive 3.0 grams of cultivated Agarwood in a labeled plastic jar as shown in the photo.  The pieces of wood will be variable sizes.