Newly Rediscovered rare Agarwood Tree will be ‘Protected’ and ‘Cultivated’
After its recent rediscovery now comes the arduous task of protecting it for posterity. During a field trip in a forest in Besut, Terengganu, researchers from Universiti Putra Malaysia recently chanced upon a rare agarwood species known locally as Karas Gunung or Chandan Gunung and scientifically as Aquilaria rostrata. The species was…