• Family : ANNONACEAE
  (Custard-Apple Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ANNONACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson
• Common name : Scented Ylang-Ylang, Langilangi, Maramar, Perfume Tree
• Vernacular name : Kattuchempakam, Kanangamaram, Langilangi, Madana, Pachachempakam (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Cultivated
• Comments / notes : Planted often in gardens. The flowers are highly fragrant and used in perfumery industries.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Ratnagiri district, Cultivated
  • Tamil Nadu : Planted
• Native : Tropics and Sub-tropics
• World Distribution : Eastern Tropics from India to N.Queensland & Philippines; Throughout Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cananga odorata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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