Indonesian Agarwood?

Indonesian agarwood is one of the most popular globally, easy to find in the market; because Indonesia has a wide verity of agarwood species compared to other Asian countries. Indonesian agarwood is exporting to Middle East countries, Singapore, UK, USA, and China.

How to know the quality of Indonesian agarwood?

There is no specific standard for evaluating the quality of the agarwood. In Indonesia, the authorities have proposed a standard based on the agarwood’s physical appearance, the size, the intensity of the oil, and the aroma.

Only Agarwood experts can distinguish premium quality ouds from inferior ouds. The geographical and environmental location in which the Agarwood trees grow, and the soil type are some factors of agarwood quality.

Indonesian Agarwood Types and Garde?

The famous types of oud in Indonesia are as follows:

• Gubal Agarwood, there are five grades of this type.
• Double Super, it is black and shiny in color and has a soft smell when burning, also sink in water.
• Super A, has un-equal black and shiny color, has a soft smell and sink in water.
• Super B has a black color, an aromatic scent and floats on water.
• Super Medium A (under water), has black color and aromatic smell,
• Super medium A (on water), is black in color and has an aromatic smell.

2-     Kemedang Agarwood, it has a strong aromatic smell, and there are five grades of this type

• Sabah, a Black-brown, aromatic scent, floats on water
• Kemedang A, a brown with black striped color, fragrant and floats on water
• Tanggung C is aromatic, brown in color with small white lines, and floats on water.
• Agarwood powderhas two types, either black or brown, and it has a soft aroma.

Where to find Indonesian Agarwood?

Indonesia is the largest producer of agarwood trees, and it is distributed over many states. Some provinces have different species of agarwood trees. Some Agarwood trees are natural, and some are cultivated. Below is the distribution of cultivated and natural Agarwood.

• Cultivation distribution

Bali, Bangka Belitung, Riau, Aceh, Sumatera, Java, Nusa Tenggara, Gorontalo, and Papua

• Natural distribution

Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, North Celebes (Minahasa), Nusa Tenggara, Papua, Sumatra (Sijunjung, Palembang and Lampung), Belitung and Bangka.