Chinese Agarwood vs Deviltree

Aquilaria sinensis compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Chinese Agarwood is Vulnerable while Deviltree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Agarwood	Deviltree
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Aquilaria	Alstonia
Species	Aquilaria sinensis	Alstonia macrophylla

Evolutionary Relationship

Chinese Agarwood and Deviltree share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Chinese Agarwood

VU — Vulnerable

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Agarwood	Deviltree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Agarwood

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Chinese Agarwood

The Chinese Agarwood (Aquilaria sinensis) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.