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Cananga odorata, commonly known as Ylang Ylang, is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It belongs to the genus Cananga and is classified within the order Magnoliales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is cited as (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thomson. This taxon serves as the source of ylang-ylang essential oil and has uses as a medicinal plant.
The species has a recorded range in Fujian and Myanmar. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation assigned in 2019. Various databases document numerous records of the organism, including occurrence data from institutions in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Nicaragua, the United States, and Costa Rica.
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Species
Least ConcernYlang Ylang
Cananga odorata
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMagnoliales
- FamilyAnnonaceae
Ylang-Ylang (Cananga odorata) ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Annonengewächse (Annonaceae). Der Name wird sowohl für die ganze Pflanze als auch für ihre Blüten verwendet, aus denen das Ylang-Ylang-Öl gewonnen wird. Sehr ähnlich duftende Blüten besitzt auch der Falsche oder Kletternde Ylang-Ylang, manchmal auch Ylang-Ylang-Wein genannt (Artabotrys hexapetalus); dieser ist aber kein Baum, sondern eine Kletterpflanze.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,056
- With media
- 1,564
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Collections
- UTEP, CIBNOR, ENCB-IPN, IIB-UV, SEMAHN, INECOL
- Recorded in
- Puerto Rico, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States, Costa Rica, Thailand, Madagascar, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cananga
- Image
- Cananga odorata flowers-cropped.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Commons category
- Cananga odorata
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Cananga odorata
- Commons gallery
- Cananga odorata
- different from
- ylang-ylang essential oil
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- this taxon is source of
- ylang-ylang essential oil
- taxon common name
- ngọc lan tây
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- short name
- C. odorata
- taxon author citation
- (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thomson
- taxon range
- Myanmar
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e
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Encyclopedic overview
A Cananga odorata in Maui Cananga odorata, commonly known as ylang-ylang (/ˈiːlæŋ ˈiːlæŋ/), Macassar oil tree, perfume tree or cananga, is a species of plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae. It is native to areas from the Philippines and Indochina to northeastern Australia, and has been introduced to many other regions. The word “ylang-ylang” comes from the Tagalog term “ilang-ilang,” which means “wilderness” or is often interpreted as “rare” or “exceptional.”
The plant is native to the Philippines and parts of Southeast Asia. When Spanish and later European botanists encountered it, the spelling evolved into “ylang-ylang.” The repeated form follows a common Austronesian linguistic pattern used for emphasis or intensity. It is valued for the essential oil, also called ylang-ylang, which is extracted from the flowers. Ylang-ylang is one of the most extensively used natural fragrances in the perfume industry.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cananga odorata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.