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Non-scientific name:

ylang-ylang

1 Accepted name(s) for "ylang-ylang":

Accepted name
Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson

7 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson King Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson Whole plant, flower
Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson Fresh flower
ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thomson forma genuina Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson

MPNS Best Guess

 Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson essential oil flower
ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thomson forma genuina Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson

MPNS Best Guess

 Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson essential oil flower
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thomson Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson
Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Cananga odorata Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson Leaves
Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) Cananga odorata Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson

18 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "ylang-ylang":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
cadmia Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canang odorant Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cananga Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
fragrant cananga Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ilang-ilang Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kadat-ngan Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kenanga Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
macassar oiltree Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
macassar-oil plant Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
perfume tree Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
perfumetree Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rata sapu Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
saga-sein Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
wana sapu Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
woolly-pine Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ylang ylang Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ylang-ylang-tree Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ylang-ylangbaum Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)