A Study on the Actual Origin Species of Aquilaria malaccensis Imported from Indonesia

ABSTRACT Objectives：The purpose of this research is to identify the actual origin species imported as Aquilaria malaccensis from Indonesia.Methods：After producing the permanent preparat by cutting off the specimen thinly, we observed its characteristics. Results：The imported ones have not interxylary parenchyma, so none is in the genus aquilaria. Since the aliform parenchyma is mostly observed around the vessel pore, they are in the genus gonystylus, and the rest have no aliform parenchyma, so their specimen is unidentified. Conclusion：The imported as A. malaccensis are not in the genus aquilaria, but most of them are in the genus gonystylus and, for the rest, the specimen is unidentified.Key words：Aquilaria agallocha, A. malaccensis, traumatic parenchyma, agarwood, aliform parenchyma, Gonystylus sp. anatomical features 서 론 침향은 본초서로는 名醫別錄에 처음 수록되었으나 향을 즐기는 자들이 주로 사용하고 약으로는 惡核과 毒腫을 치료하는데 일부 사용하였다 1) . 法華經이나 聖經에도 침향의 향기를 하늘의 향기에 비유하였고 2,3) , 조선시대에는 왕이 제사지낼 때 독점적으로 사용하였다 4) . 꽃의 색깔은 唐本草