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| | Non-Wood Forest Products in 15 Countries Of Tropical Asia : An Overview |
 | | Protected NWFP include wild orchids; aromatic wood (Dracaena loureirei Gaegnep), agarwood (Aquilaria sp.), drumm (Mansonia gagei) and sappan (Caesalpinia sappan Linn.); charcoal; yang oil (gurjan); some barks, including Castanopsis spp., Walsura spp., Hopea spp., Cotylelobium melanoxylon Pierre, Persea spp., Litsea spp, Shorea spp., Artocarpus spp., Cinnamomum spp. |
 | | High-grade material is exported to Arabian countries where it is used as incense and, when powdered, in the manufacture of joss sticks. |
 | | The ground wood is also used as a stimulant, a tonic and a sedative. |
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