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 the english name for wallapatta?
Gyrinops walla is found in wet zone of Sri Lanka and very rarely in southwest India. It uses as agarwood and agarwood resin. The tree has commercial value that resulted to smuggling. In Sri Lanka, it is known as “Walla patta”.
What is agarwood in Sinhala?
In Sinhala Agarwood producing Gyrinops walla tree is known as “Walla Patta” (වල්ල පට්ට).
Is agarwood legal in Sri Lanka?
It is illegal in Sri Lanka to sell or carry Agarwood, which is locally known as ‘Wallapatta’.
Is agarwood illegal in Sri Lanka?
What is agarwood for?
Agarwood is used for incense, perfume, traditional medicine, and other products in the world market. In traditional Chinese medicine, agarwood is used as a qi-regulating drug and carminative medicine to relieve gastric problems, coughs, rheumatism, and high fever.
Which wood is costly than gold?
Its name is Agarwood. Agarwood wood is called ‘Woods of the God’. You can only guess what its importance is. The price of real wood of agarwood is up to 1 lakh dollars (about 73 lakh 50 thousand rupees) per kilogram.
What can we do from agarwood?
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Agarwood is used to treat the digestive system, relieve spasms, regulate the vital organs, relieve pain, treat halitosis and to support the kidneys. It is used to ease tightness in the chest, reduce abdominal pain, stop vomiting, treat diarrhea and relieve asthma.
What is the most expensive agarwood?
Agarwood is the world’s rarest and the most expensive variety of wood to be sold. According to Business Insider, one kilogram of agarwood can cost as much as $1,00,000 or Rs. 73,00,000. At present, the price of one gram of diamond in India is Rs 3,25,000, while 10 grams of gold is worth around Rs 47,695.
Which tree is highest price?
Agarwood is the world’s rarest and the most expensive variety of wood to be sold. According to Business Insider, one kilogram of agarwood can cost as much as $1,00,000 or Rs. 73,00,000.
How much is the price of agarwood per kilo?
What is the cost of agarwood per kg?
The valuation of Agarwood is approximate Rs 5-6 lakh per kg, in India. In the international market, the price goes up by 2-3 times depending on the market.