CEBU CITY, Philippines — To the untrained eye, Aquilaria trees, locally known as lapnisan, appear ordinary. Compared to the towering, majestic narra, they look light and forgettable. An evergreen species, lapnisan can reach up to 40 meters tall. Its pale wood has little to no commercial value—until the tree is wounded. When stressed and infected […]... Keep on reading: The million-peso ‘Wood of the Gods’: Why lapnisan or agarwood is heavily guarded