Agarwood vs Cupped Ear

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Otidea cantharella

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Cupped Ear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Cupped Ear
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Otideaceae
Genus	Aquilaria	Otidea
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Otidea cantharella

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Cupped Ear
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.

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.