Hindi Muri
Hindi Muri is a trade term used for a category of agarwood wood associated in Gulf usage with the Indian subcontinent. As with the other wood-type terms in this vocabulary, it is a description of origin and customary treatment rather than a graded standard, and what it establishes depends entirely on what the seller means by it.
The direct answer
Hindi Muri is a trade term used for a category of agarwood wood associated in Gulf usage with the Indian subcontinent. As with the other wood-type terms in this vocabulary, it is a description of origin and customary treatment rather than a graded standard, and what it establishes depends entirely on what the seller means by it.
What it refers to
The term sits in a family of wood-type names used across the Gulf and South Asian trade to describe material by its customary provenance and handling. Terms in this family are used loosely and vary considerably between sellers. A buyer should treat the term as the start of a description and ask what follows it: the species, the region, whether the material was wild or cultivated, and what treatment it received.
The precise attribution of this term varies between markets, suppliers and periods, and a seller may use it more loosely than the strict usage. Where the distinction matters to a purchase, confirm the meaning with the counterparty rather than relying on the label.
What it does not prove
The term does not establish resin content, oil yield, age, or the actual place the wood grew. It is also not a protected designation: nothing prevents a seller from applying it to material from another origin.
This entry gives the general trade referent of the term. It does not establish the specific grading, composition or origin of any material described with it, and it is not a standard.
- Biodiversity and application prospects of fungal endophytes in the agarwood-producing genera Aquilaria and Gyrinops (Thymelaeaceae): a reviewStates that all members of the agarwood-producing genera Aquilaria and Gyrinops are placed in CITES Appendix II. Records 92 compounds identified in agarwood, of which terpenoids are 40.22%, and names eighteen fungal genera reported to promote agarwood formation. It does not establish the quality, yield or age of any material, and it is a review rather than a regulatory instrument.
OudGuide editorial review · 2026-10-20
Reviewed against the cited sources and checked for a question-specific answer. Trade attributions were checked against the general trade usage rather than against a single market, and each entry states which parts are local rather than general.
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