Family:
Annonaceae Juss.
Genus:
Cananga (DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson

Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson

This species is accepted, and its native range is Malesia to Queensland. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 100–2220 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Meta, Quindío, Santander, Valle del Cauca, Vichada.
Habit
Small tree.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.

[FTEA]

Annonaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Tree 6–18(–33) m. tall, with pale grey bark; young twigs minutely pubescent, later glabrous, dark-coloured and striate.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, 10–21 cm. long, 4–10 cm. wide, often obliquely acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate, rounded or truncate at the base, somewhat pubescent on the midrib and nerves; venation prominent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers drooping in 2–6-flowered racemes, very sweetly scented.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals green at first, then pale yellow, with a purple-brown spot at the base inside, linear-lanceolate, (2.5–)5–7.5(–8.7) cm. long, 5–7(–14) mm. wide, minutely pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Monocarps 10–16, ellipsoid or oblong-obovoid, 1.5–2.3 cm. long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds pale brown, oblong-elliptic in outline, flattened, 9 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, 2.5 mm. thick, with rugose or pitted faces.
Figures
Fig. 15, p. 65.
Habitat
Plantations, native cultivations, and also in bushland and thicket near villages; 0–750 m.
Distribution
K7 T3 T6 Z native in eastern tropics from India to N. Queensland and Philippine Is.,widely cultivated as “ylang-ylang” in lowland tropical Africa and also recorded as being cultivated in the W. Indies and Central America

[UNAL]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
cadmia, cadmio, camay, cananga, flor de amor, ilán ilán, ilang ilang, ilanga ilang, ilanilán

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 100 - 2220 m.; Andes, Orinoquia, Pacífico.
Morphology General Habit
Arbolito

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Distribution
Cultivated in Colombia.
Ecology
Alt. 100 - 2220 m.
Morphology General Habit
Tree.

[UPFC]
Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Invertebrate Food
Used as invertebrate food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Social
Social uses.

[UPB]
Use Materials
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).

Native to:

Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, India, Kenya, Laos, Leeward Is., Marianas, Marquesas, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Puerto Rico, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.

English
Ylang Ylang

Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 8, 2006 Barbon et al. [PPI 1909], Philippines K000271630 No
May 8, 2006 Barbon et al. [PPI 8370], Philippines K000271624 neotype Yes
Apr 20, 2006 Barbon et al. [PPI 2013], Philippines K000271607 No
Apr 12, 2006 Takeuchi [10289], Papua New Guinea K000271554 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [3220], Thailand K000595457 No
Griffith [s.n.], Burma K000691381 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [466], Philippines K000691376 isoneotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6457] Uvaria odorata K001123951 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6457] Uvaria odorata K001123953 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6457] Uvaria odorata K001123954 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6457] Uvaria odorata K001123949 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6457] Uvaria odorata K001123952 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6457] Uvaria odorata K001123948 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6457] Uvaria odorata K001123947 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6457], Myanmar Uvaria odorata K001123950 Yes

First published in Fl. Ind. 1: 130 (1855)

Accepted by

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
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  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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