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Cananga odorata
Ylang Ylang
As recorded: Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Magnoliales › Annonaceae
- Collected by
- Schram, F.A.W.
- Collector number
- BW 7782
- Date
- October 21, 1958
- Locality
- Kebar Valley
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- West Papua Province, Indonesia
- Elevation
- 720 m
- Identified by
- Versteegh, C.; Kalkman, C.C. Kalkman →C. Versteegh →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Cananga odorata observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1958. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 527 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-16.
2026-10-16
University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR, US
(c) maryangelyflecha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-13
M6HH+67, Ambaro, Madagascar
(c) Laurent Barthe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
(c) Daniel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-03
Route Nationale 2 Le Tremblet, Saint-Philippe, RE
(c) Konrad and Roland Greinwald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-16
Sentul Walk, Singapore, SG, SG
(c) ans31, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-13
Îles du Vent, PF
(c) mikos106, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cananga odorata. BISH 411880. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956516885. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/411880.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956516885 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026