🚀 Cananga odorata

Traditional Herbs from Cananga odorata

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• Prepare 30 g of ylang ylang flowers and 400 ml of water.
• Wash the flowers and boil them until 200 ml of water remains, strain.
• Drink 2 times a day, morning and evening.

What is Cananga odorata Looks like??

Parts of Cananga odorata that could be used

• Leaves
• Bark
• Flowers

Cananga odorata Distribution

It is a plant native to Indonesia, also found in Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Kenanga is the identity flora of Aceh and North Sumatra Province which has various benefits and advantages. Many people use ylang ylang flowers as cultural ritual materials. Apart from that, it has benefits as traditional medicine, fuel, making matches, providing food aroma and as an ingredient in hair perfume.
Agroecology of Cananga odorata
It grows well in areas with an altitude below 1,200 m above sea level and will flower abundantly in areas with an altitude of 20-700 m above sea level. Rainfall is 250-4,000 mm/year with dry months reaching 4 months, temperature 10-35 °C.
Morphology of Cananga odorata

• Straight stems, hard wood, whitish gray bark.
• Leaves are oval, smooth, pointed tip, 10-23 cm long, 4.5-14 cm wide.
• Compound flowers, hanging bunches green, yellow when old. The smell is very fragrant.
• Fruit is inverted oval, green when young and becomes black when ripe. Fruit length is 2 cm, fleshy thick.\u00a0

Cultivation of Cananga odorata
Propagation is generative (seeds) and vegetative (stem cuttings and grafts).

Cananga odorata, more details :

Chemical Content of Cananga odorata
Flowers: benzoic acid, farnesol, geraniol, linalool, petrol acetate, eugenol, safrole, kadinen, pinen. Stem bark: alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, triterpenoids and tannins.
Benefits of Cananga odorata
Treating shortness of breath, malaria medication, treating bronchitis, postpartum care, pneumonia medication, stomach ache, lowering blood pressure in hypertension, medication for headaches, eye inflammation, gout, rheumatism, acne.
Simplisia of Cananga odorata

• Ylang-ylang flowers are taken from old plants then sorted wet, washed with running water.
• Drying is done by placing the material on a tray then covering it with a black cloth and drying it in the sun.
• The dried material is ground until it becomes powder.
• Store in a closed, airtight container, at room temperature.\u00a0

Another Facts for Cananga odorata :

Synonym of Cananga odorata
Cananga scortechinii King, Canangium mitrastigma (F.Muell.) Domin, Canangium odoratum (Lam.) Baill. ex King
Habitus of Cananga odorata
Bush. Annual shrub, up to 2 m high
Habitat of Cananga odorata

• Forest