Cananga brandisiana

"Cananga brandisiana (Pierre) I.M.Turner is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre, the French botanist who first formally described the species, using the basionym Unona brandisiana, named it in honor of Sir Dietrich Brandis, the German botanist who Pierre worked for in the Indian Forest Service (then called the Imperial Forestry Service) in Calcutta"

Cananga brandisiana (Pierre) I.M.Turner, Gard. Bull. Singapore 61(1): 198 (2009).

Cananga brandisiana (Pierre) I.M.Turner, Photo by Nguyễn Hùng Quyền

its native range is Indo-China to Peninsula Malaysia (Langkawi).

Latin name:

Cananga brandisiana (Pierre) I.M.Turner

Family:

Annonaceae Juss.

Synonyms:

Cananga latifolia Finet & Gagnep.

Canangium brandisanum (Pierre) Saff.

Canangium latifolium Pierre ex Ridl.

Unona brandisiana Pierre

Unona latifolia Hook.f. & Thomson

Vietnamese name:

English  namee:

Ylang Ylang, Perfume Tree

Describtion:

Distribution: 

Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Ecological:

Cultivation:

Chemical and Pharmacology:

Uses:

In Cambodia it is called by the common name Chkè Sraèng and is used in traditional medicine to treat fever. Bioactive molecules isolated from its bark, including acetogenins have been reported to have cytotoxic properties in tests with cancer cell lines. Juvenile hormones, which are known to regulate insect development, have also been extracted from its bark. Pierre noted that its soft white wood can be used in woodworking to create vases, boxes and tool handles.

Typus:

Brandis, D. [s.n.], Burma Cananga latifolia K000691380 holotype

References:

https://www.ipni.org/n/77102839-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77102839-1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cananga_brandisiana

https://www.sunshine-seeds.de/Cananga-brandisiana-63250p.html