What are the differences between agarwood and agarwood?

Because agarwood and agarwood have similar names, people often confuse the two as the same thing, thinking that agarwood is agarwood. However, this is not the case. Although there is only one letter difference between the two, the difference is huge. Agarwood is a precious wood that can be used for carving, making furniture, etc. Agarwood is extracted from agarwood. Agarwood is much more valuable than agarwood. So what are the differences between agarwood and agarwood?

1. Agarwood is not a kind of fragrant wood (wood that smells good), but a kind of fragrance produced by a special kind of fragrant tree. It is a solid condensate of oil (resin) and wood components. When the agarwood tree encounters some accidental damage (such as wind breakage, lightning strikes, insect pests, harm to humans and animals) or its own internal diseases, it is accidentally infected by special fungi during the open process before the wound heals. The fungi react miraculously with the resin secreted by the wound, thus forming a new substance - agarwood. However, wounds are not the only reason for resin coagulation. Agarwood resin also forms naturally inside the tree and on decayed parts. The value of agarwood depends on its grade. Generally, the grade of agarwood is judged based on the region, aroma, color, feel, etc. The quality of the fragrance and the amount of oil are important factors in judging the quality of agarwood.

2. Agarwood. Agarwood is the dried woody part of the Thymelaeaceae tree species. Agarwood is a kind of wood and also the host of agarwood. Agarwood trees mainly grow in humid tropical rainforests and are mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan in my country. Among East Asian countries, the best agarwood (Agarwood) produced in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore is called agarwood. Its growth rate is fast and its density is low, so its value is completely different from that of agarwood. It is generally used to make traditional Chinese medicine or counterfeit illegal vendors use it to make medicine and compress it to impersonate agarwood.

3. Agarwood has been a very precious wood since ancient times and is also the best raw material for handicrafts. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the royal courts all admired using this wood to make various stationery items, with exquisite craftsmanship, just like that made from rhinoceros horn. Because agarwood is precious and mostly rotten and thin, there are few large pieces for carving. Therefore, once large items made of agarwood appear in the auction market, they often have surprising performances.

4. Agarwood is a resin formed when the trunk of the agarwood tree is invaded and parasitized by fungi, which changes it and is deposited over the years. It is a precious medicinal material that has the effects of expelling evil spirits, regulating the stomach and calming the liver, but it is now very rare. There are records in ancient books very early on that Hainan Province in my country is rich in high-quality agarwood. In the Song Dynasty, Hainan agarwood gradually became a commodity from a tribute to the imperial court, and over-exploitation became increasingly serious, with "one piece costing ten thousand coins".