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Cananga
''Cananga'' (ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *''kanaŋa'') is a small genus of trees in the family Annonaceae, native to Indo-China and Malesia, but introduced elsewhere. One of its species, ''Cananga odorata'', is important as the source of the perfume ylang-ylang. Species Two species are recognized: * '' Cananga brandisiana'' (Pierre) Saff., syn. ''Cananga latifolia'' (Hook.f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnep. * ''Cananga odorata'' (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson ''Cananga latifolia'' is listed as a separate species in some sources, but the basionym, ''Unona latifolia'' Hook.f. & Thomson, is a later homonym In linguistics, homonyms are words which are homographs (words that share the same spelling, regardless of pronunciation), or homophones ( equivocal words, that share the same pronunciation, regardless of spelling), or both. Using this definiti ... of ''Unona latifolia'' Dunal and so is not an acceptable name. ''Unona brandisiana'' was explicitly proposed as a replacement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ylang-ylang
''Cananga odorata'', known as ylang-ylang ( ) or cananga tree, is a tropical tree that is native to the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Queensland, Australia. It is also native to parts of Thailand and Vietnam. It is valued for the essential oils extracted from its flowers (also called "ylang-ylang"), which has a strong floral fragrance. Ylang-ylang is one of the most extensively used natural materials in the perfume industry, earning it the name "Queen of Perfumes". The ylang-ylang vine ('' Artabotrys odoratissimus'') and climbing ylang-ylang ('' Artabotrys hexapetalus'') are woody, evergreen climbing plants in the same family. ''Artabotrys odoratissimus'' is also a source of perfume. Etymology and nomenclature The name ''ylang-ylang'' is the Spanish spelling of the Tagalog term for the tree, - a reduplicative form of the word , meaning "wilderness", alluding to the tree's natural habitat. A common mistranslation is "flower of flowers" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
