Cananga

Cananga (ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kanaŋa)^[3] is a small genus of just two species in the custard apple family Annonaceae, native to areas from Indo-China through Malesia to Australia.^[2] One of the species, Cananga odorata, is the source of the fragrant oil ylang-ylang.^[4]

Cananga
Cananga odorata, leaves and flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Subfamily:	Ambavioideae
Genus:	Cananga (Dunal) Hook.f. & Thomson, nom. cons.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Canangium (Baill.) King Fitzgeraldia F.Muell.

Species

Two species are recognized:^[2][5]

• Cananga brandisiana (Pierre) Saff., syn. Cananga latifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnep.
• Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson