Enhancing the world of fragrance through Malaysian Bio-Gaharu / Ku Halim Ku Hamid
Gaharu is scientifically known as Aqularia and well known as Agarwood. Sometime it is called as Wood of the Gods. It is used as a raw material for incense, perfumes or fragrant and even alternative medicine. It is believe that the aromatic product of the tree is one of the most expensive in the...
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| Language: | English |
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UPENA
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ir.uitm.edu.my/11278/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/11278/1/PL_KU%20HALIM%20KU%20HAMID%2011%201.pdf |
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| Summary: | Gaharu is scientifically known as Aqularia and well known as
Agarwood. Sometime it is called as Wood of the Gods. It is used as
a raw material for incense, perfumes or fragrant and even alternative
medicine. It is believe that the aromatic product of the tree is one of
the most expensive in the World. There are few hadith that encourage
Muslim to use Gaharu products in certain cases, including medicinal
practices; and most of religions in the world are using Gaharu in
their ceremony. Wild Aquilaria trees normally found in Malaysia
and grow randomly and scatter in forest through natural seeding
process. Aquilaria malaccensis is one the species that produce high
quality of products, grow in various habitats, including those that
are rocky, sandy or calcareous, well-drained slopes ridges and near
swamps. Since wild Gaharu trees have been chopped for the resinous
stems, there are efforts have been carried out to develop Gaharu
farm in Southeast Asia countries and India. Integrated farming
normally practices by combining with many types of commercial
plants, where Gaharu seeding by tissue culture technique is getting
popular in order to quicken the plantation activities. Gaharu product
from plantation is harvested by using inoculation or inducement
process, it is an artificial technique in producing of agar or resin in
Gaharu trees. The method is accomplished by developing of wound.
chemically, biologically or physically into xylem part of the trees
stem. In Malaysia, most of inoculation process is performed by using imported inoculants from neighbor countries and mainly are
chemical based, usually require 8 to 12 months to produce quality
agar or resin in the trees. |
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