Agarwood vs Black scale

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Saissetia oleae

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Black scale is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Black scale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Coccidae
Genus	Aquilaria	Saissetia
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Saissetia oleae

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Black scale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Black scale
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agarwood

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Black scale

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Cyprus, Israel, Taiwan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Dominica, United States), and South America (Chile).

Agarwood

The Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Black scale

The Black scale (Saissetia oleae) is a species in the genus Saissetia. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan