Japanese name: イランイランノキ Scientific name:Cananga odorata
[Overview]
An evergreen tree famous as a fragrance plant, reaching a height of 15 m.
The branch tips hang down.
The leaves are alternate, oblong to long-ovate, and 10–20 cm long.
The flowers grow in bundles from the leaf axils and hang down because they have long flower stalks.
They are green at first and gradually turn yellow.
The petals are long and narrow, and twisted.
As the flowers turn yellow they give off a strong fragrance, and they are the raw material for ylang-ylang oil.
The fruit is an aggregate fruit.
The name ylang-ylang derives from Tagalog.
[Cultivation]
Propagate from seed.
Winter temperatures of 10 degrees or higher are required.
