What is Walla Patta?
Walla patta is a medium-tall tree which grows up to 15 m in height with straight, slender trunk with a small, rounded crown. It bears a thin, brownish-grey bark which is smooth and strongly fibrous. Therefore its bark is used as a binding material by the villagers.
What is agarwood in Sinhala?
Sri Lankan “agarwood” is known as Walla Patta and is of the Gyrinops walla species.
Is agarwood illegal in Sri Lanka?
It is illegal in Sri Lanka to sell or carry Agarwood, which is locally known as ‘Wallapatta’.
Do you know the name of the plant which is harvested for its highly valuable very fragrant resin and now under severe threat in Sri Lanka due to illegal harvesting?
Agarwood
Agarwood, a resinous substance produced by tree species in the Aquilaria and Gyrinops genera, is a prized source of natural perfume and incense, and is regularly smuggled out of Sri Lanka.
What is the price of agarwood oil?
Agarwood Oil at Rs 32500/gram | अगरवुड का तेल, अगरवुड ऑयल – Indian Aroma Exports, Kanpur | ID: 12029006691.
Is agarwood banned?
LEGAL STATUS Agarwood is not protected under the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. However, it is protected from extraction by state bans (under the Indian Forest Act) and by administrative orders of the state forest departments which vary throughout its range of occurence.
Is it legal to sell agarwood?
Selling of agarwood or lapnisan is illegal in the Philippines. It is found only in the heart of the jungles in Mindanao and Visayas.
What is Aquilaria tree?
Aquilaria is a genus of fifteen species of trees, called lign aloes or lign-aloes trees, in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to southeast Asia. Projects are currently underway in some countries in southeast Asia to infect cultivated Aquilaria trees artificially to produce agarwood in a sustainable manner.
Is Walla Patta endemic to Sri Lanka?
There are strong reasons to believe that Walla patta is endemic to Sri Lanka, mainly because evidences are not available on its presence of other countries. Walla patta is a medium-tall tree which grows up to 15 m in height with straight, slender trunk with a small, rounded crown.
What is Walla-Patta?
Walla patta, scientifically known as Gyrinops walla was a tree which had no commercial value a few years back suddenly came under the spot light in Sri Lanka due to frequent effort on smuggling out of the country.
What does Walla Patta look like?
Walla patta is a medium-tall tree which grows up to 15 m in height with straight, slender trunk with a small, rounded crown. It bears a thin, brownish-grey bark which is smooth and strongly fibrous.
What is Walla Patta and why is it so expensive?
Agarwood oil also fetches similarly high prices. Walla patta, scientifically known as Gyrinops walla was a tree which had no commercial value a few years back suddenly came under the spot light in Sri Lanka due to frequent effort on smuggling out of the country.