Cananga odorata, Unona odoratissima, Ylang Ylang, Perfume Tree, Chanel #5 Tree, Ilang-ilang, Maramar

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Cananga odorata, Unona odoratissima, Ylang Ylang, Perfume Tree, Chanel #5 Tree, Ilang-ilang, Maramar

Cananga odorata, Unona odoratissima
Family: Annonaceae
Ylang Ylang, Perfume Tree, Chanel #5 Tree, Ilang-ilang, Maramar
Origin: Tropical Asia to Australia
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This is an evergreen tree, around 30 to 45Ft in height, with gracefully drooping branches. It is often grown in the gardens of Southeast Asia because of its yellow-green, highly fragrant, drooping flowers, which appear almost continuously on the leafy twigs. Though not striking from a distance, green when they first appear and becoming yellow with maturity, these are very fragrant and are used as offering or to scent a room. Fragrance embraces the yard for many yards around. The flower itself though not standing out among green leaves from the distance, still looks very stylish and reminds an elegant accessory for a luxurious brand name evening dress in addition to it's wonderful fragrance. No wonder the flowers are used for production of Chanel#5 perfume. There is also a smaller form of this plant - Cananga odorata var. fruticosa that grows into a dense shrub about 9ft in height. Cananga does best in full sun but will grow in light shade. Propagation is by seeds, more difficult by cuttings. Very fast growing.

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Name:Tiarenui J.. Email:j-i@msn.com Location:Santa Barbara California Homepage: Zone: 20 Feb 2005, 3:09 PM	Hello everyone.. wave from California smile well I was looking for a image of tropical flowers and came about this site..this by far one of my favorite sweet smelling flower tree .. ** I grew up in the South Pacific in the Kingdom Island Of Tonga.. We have 6 huge * I mean huge trees of this lovely sinful sweet smelling flowers.. At home we call such flower..MOHOKOI..we wahine or ta'ahine in Tongan love to wear it on our hair it attract the island warrior *smiling here.. Well heres wishing everyone a great day and God Bless.. tiarenui
Name:narayanan Email:R-N@BaylorHealth.edu Location:Texas Homepage: Zone:7-8 30 Jun 2005, 12:07 PM	I absolutely love this plant.I have bought about 6 of these plants so far and they have all died.The leaves start falling off and slowly die. I have tried limiting water spraying everyday,placing a humidifier by it.I have tried placing it indoors and outdoors but no success.My first batch did very well for about a year then suddenly died.Any advice or help!Thnaks N.
Name:Tinngig Email:t-g@yahoo.com Location:Texas Homepage: Zone: 5 Aug 2005, 1:55 AM	Hi, I am wondering if this plant will survive in Texas. This is one of my favorite flowers because it smells so so sweet and I grew up around them. We Micronesians from Yap island call this trees or flowers "MARAMAR". We do all kinds of things with the flowers like Lace, oil,etc...
Name:Mohokoi Email:D-t@aol.com Location:Beaverton, OR, USA Homepage: Zone: 5 Dec 2005, 2:57 PM	I would wish to know if this plant would survive in Oregon. My mother grew up around this wonderfull plant in the kingdom of tonga and it would be a perfect gift, but i dont know wether it would survive. If anyone knew anything about this please post a message. I would really like to know. Thanks much
Name:Mohokoi Email:D-t@aol.com Location:Beaverton, OR, USA Homepage: Zone: 5 Dec 2005, 2:57 PM	I would wish to know if this plant would survive in Oregon. My mother grew up around this wonderfull plant in the kingdom of tonga and it would be a perfect gift, but i dont know wether it would survive. If anyone knew anything about this please post a message. I would really like to know. Thanks much
Name:Bhanu Email:b-n@yahoo.com Location:Phoenix, AZ Homepage: Zone:Dry 5 Feb 2006, 2:33 PM	Can anybody please advise if this plan will survive in Phoenix Arizona? I love this plan and used to have when I was in Tropical area of India.. Thanks
Name:Aparna Location: Homepage: Zone: 12 May 2006, 10:01 AM	Thanks for showing me this shrub..we used to have them in India..In my college we had a big grove of these trees ...Bytheway this was called 'Aaku Sampangi'...meaning 'leaf sampangi'..Sampangi is a flower grown in bushes (not tree like this..but similar leaf form) found in the hills of eastern ghats ..it is almost similar to this one only with smaller green petals and hard...not droopy like this one..but they have a similar sweet smell..and yes it is supposed to attract snakes!! Thank U very much Top tropicals.
Name:Raymond Email:l-1@yahoo.com Location:NY,NY,USA Homepage: Zone:6 17 Jul 2007, 1:57 PM	HI. I would like to know if this would grow in NYC. I have a small patio and it says it's hardy and an evergreen. Maybe there are some varieties that do? which ones? This is the sweetest smelling flower anyone can find. In the Philippines it's name is Ilang ilang or Ylang ylang . It is grown as a garden tree in front of houses and they flower at dusk ,suffusing an entire block with their wonderful heady scents. They are used as neclaces like lei's by young ladies and flower necklaces as offerings for saints in Churches.
Name:April Email:g-l@hotmail.com Location:Homestead, Florida, USA Homepage: Zone:10 5 Feb 2008, 11:27 AM	I have a 20' ylang ylang on the side of my house. I live in South, south Florida. My tree has stopped flowering right now, but was still flowering at Christmas time. I do not beleive it will grow in Texas or arizona, as it is too arid. They like it humid. I believe Oregon and especially NY would be too cold. I just planted 150 seeds I got from my tree in only 3 months of harvesting a few here and there. It is soooo beautiful, but I doubt any of the people who asked here could grow it in their climates.
Name:singal Location:FL,USA Homepage: Zone:10 25 Oct 2008, 9:33 AM	Here in South Florida this tree thrives in a sheltered and moderately sunny location.Likes moist soil and rain. Hurricane Wilma chopped off my 8ft tree to 4 ft height and I thought it will die.I left it in place and it grew back to same height. Now it is just leaning a little on one side. It is close to the sidewalk and people stop to inhale the smell. Birds like to sit in the branches and feast on the clusters of black berry like sweet fruit.The tree stem is almost white and looks pretty among light green leaves.Tree looks like a tropical Christmas tree with different kind of leaves.It starts flowering when around 4 year old and is always loaded with flowers. Does not like dry weather or high heat,or bery high wind-leaves start getting yellow and brown. I was able to grow couple of more from the seeds but not all seeds germinate and it took a long time.Ones in pots did not germinate but the ones I buried lightly under original tree grew into small plants. Grass does not grow well under its branches. It let the droopy branches touch ground because they are loaded with wonderfully fragarant flowers that I like to pick and bring inside.Flowers smell like a chanel perfume.The garden also smells great ,specially in morning and evenings.
Name:Audie Email:a-6@hotmail.com Location:Los Banos, CA United States Homepage: Zone:9 10 Mar 2009, 7:34 PM	I live in California, where it is pretty warm and humid. I just purchased some chanel 5 seeds and hope to get at least one healthy plant. I was just wondering if anyone had any tips or advice concerning growing these plants from seed. Thanks and wish me luck :D
Name:John Gosden Email:j-d@gmail.com Location:Phuket, Thailand Homepage: Zone: 30 Aug 2011, 8:56 PM	The sweet fruity smell of the flowers makes them very attractive to our dogs, who gobble them up whenever they fall.
Name:LJ Email:l-a@essentialoilsforhealth.biz Location:United Kingdom Homepage:http://www.essentialoilsforhealth.biz Zone: 13 Mar 2013, 10:48 AM	Just reading about this tree and seeind those beautiful pictures makes it so easy for me (an aromatherapist) to understand the amazing properties that this species has to offer us. Love your information; thanks very much for giving a glimpse into this tropical wonder.

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