[Sca-cooks] Aloeswood substitution
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Thu Apr 7 14:30:21 PDT 2011
Aloeswood is the dark heart wood of a tree of the genus Aquilaria which has
been infected by Phaeoacremonium parasitica. The infection produces a resin
high in volatile oils as an occulsive reaction to the infection. The resin
impregnates and creates the darkened wood. All of these conditions must
occur to have aloeswood. The active ingredients are the essential oils in
the resin. The oils can be extracted from either the resin or the wood.
AKA, agar, agarwood,Oud, jinko, gaharu, etc.
Bear
> Is Aloeswood a bush, tree, berry or mold?
> What is it?
> Aelina the Confused
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