An overview on Growth and Development of Agar Plant (Aquilaria malaccensis Roxb) Through Management Practices in Bangladesh

‘Agarwood’ or ‘eaglewood’ an occasional product of genera Aquilaria and Gyrinops in the plant family Thymelaeaceae is the most expensive wood in the world. IUCN-The World Conservation Union Red list categories of six species are considered at risk from overexploitation for agar wood. According to convention on International Trade in Endangered species of wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Aquilariamalaccensis rated vulnerable and A. crassna is "critically endangered" while there seems to be some confusion over A. agallocha.