First-grade agarwood can cost as much as $100,000 per kilogram, making it one of the most expensive raw materials in the world. But for this tree to produce any agarwood, it must first become ...

Each year, the agarwood tree, a sought-after source of medicines and perfumes that grows in the rainforests of southwest China, needs to solve a problem. The tree’s fruits mature during the hottest ...

The product then takes the form of fragrant resinous wood. - 'Black gold' - Hong Kong authorities say that illegal incense tree felling soared twelvefold in 2023 compared to the previous year ...