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), Sénégal, Guinée, 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