Annonaceae
Ilang-ilang
Cananga odorata
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Genus
- Cananga
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Common names
By language (58)
- ace
- Seulanga
- Arabic
- يلانج, يلانج يلانج
- arz
- يلانج
- ban
- Sandat
- Bangla
- অপরূপ চাঁপা, কানাঙ্গা
- bew
- Kembang kuburan
- bik
- Tangid
- Catalan
- Ilang-ilang, Ilang- Ilang
- Chinese
- 依兰, 依蘭, 依兰香, 加拿楷, 爬山豆根, 锅裸刹版那, 香水树, 依兰花
- Czech
- Kananga vonná, Ylang-ylang
- Danish
- Ylang-Ylang
- Dutch
- Ylang Ylang, Ylang-ylang
- English
- Ilang-ilang, Ylang-ylang tree
- Esperanto
- Odora kanango
- Estonian
- Lõhnav kananga
- Filipino
- Alangilan
- Finnish
- Tuoksuilangia, Rohtoilangia, Ylang-ylang
- French
- Ylang-ylang, Ilang ilang, Ilang-ilang, Ylang ylang
- Georgian
- Ილანგ-ილანგი, Კანანგა
- German
- Ylang-Ylang, Ylang
- gor
- Monggulalito
- Hebrew
- קננגה ריחנית
- Hungarian
- Ilang-ilang
- Iloko
- Ilang-ilang
- Indonesian
- Kenanga
- Italian
- Ylang ylang, Ylang-ylang
- Japanese
- イランイラン, カナンガ・オドラータ
- Javanese
- Kembang kenanga, Kenanga
- Kazakh
- Иланг-иланг
- kge
- Kananga
- koi
- Иланг-иланг
- Korean
- 일랑일랑
- kv
- Иланг-иланг
- Lithuanian
- Kvapioji kananga, Ilang ilang, Ilang-ilang, Ylang-ylang
- mad
- Ghâḍhing
- Malagasy
- Ilangilangy
- Malay
- Pokok Kenanga
- Malayalam
- ലാംഗി ലാംഗി, Fragrant cananga, Ilang-ilang, Langi Langi, LangiLangi, Ylang-ylang, ലാംഗിലാംഗി, ലാങ്കി ലാങ്കി
- Māori
- Mohokoi
- mrj
- Иланг-иланг
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ylang-ylang-tre
- Persian
- درخت کانانگا
- Polish
- Jagodlin wonny, Ylang ylang, Ylang-ylang
- Portuguese
- Ylang ylang
- Romanian
- Ylang-ylang
- Russian
- Иланг-иланг, Аланг-иланг
- Spanish
- Ylang Ylang, Ylang-Ylang
- Sundanese
- Kananga
- Swedish
- Ilang-ilang, Fitzgeraldia mitrastigma, Ylang ylang, Ylang-ylang
- Tajik
- Иланг-Иланг
- Tamil
- மனோரஞ்சிதம், க்ட்டு சம்பகம்
- Thai
- กระดังงา, สะบันงา
- Tongan
- Mohokoi, Artabotrys unicatus
- ty
- Motoì
- udm
- Иланг-иланг
- Ukrainian
- Іланг-іланг, Кананга
- Vietnamese
- Hoàng lan, Ngọc lan tây, Hoa giẻ, Ylang công chúa, Ylang-ylang
- war
- Burak, Ilang-ilang, Ylang-ylang
Synonyms
- Cananga odoratum (Lam.) Baill. ex King
- Canangium odoratum (Lam.) Baill. ex King
- Unona odorata (Lam.) Dunal
- Unona odorata (Lam.) Baill.
- Uvaria gaertneri DC.
- Uvaria javanica Thunb.
- Uvaria odorata Lam.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to June, September to November (from 52 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dominik Maximilián Ramík, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jake Rehage, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philippe Hornus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: christinemohsm, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: pdelafontaine, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Viktor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.