EPPO Global Database

Cananga odorata(CANOD)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-10-07

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CANOD
  • Preferred name: Cananga odorata
  • Authority: (Lamarck) Hooker & Thomson

Notes

Indochina (Thailand, Vietnam), Malesia, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland). Cultivated as an ornamental tree, and for perfume, throughout the tropics.  A dwarf cultivated form is known as var. fruticosa. Introduced in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Laos, Cambodia), SĂ©nĂ©gal, GuinĂ©e, Kenya, Tanzania, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Canangium odoratum (Lamarck) King

Common names
Name Language
dwarf ylang-ylang tree English
macassar-oil tree English
perfume tree English
ylang-ylang English
ylang-ylang tree English
Ylang-ylang-Baum German
canang odorant French
flor de ilán Spanish
ilang-ilang Spanish
ilan-ilán Spanish
cananga Portuguese
ilangue-ilangue Portuguese
kenanga Indonesian