Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson (= Cananga odoratum (Lam.) King)
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Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson (= Cananga odoratum (Lam.) King) |
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Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson (= Cananga odoratum (Lam.) King)
Names.
Myanmar: kadat-ngan, saga-sein, ylang-ylang. English: cananga.
Range.
Southeast Asia.
Uses.
Plant contains antibacterial, antifungal, and cytotoxic compounds used in treatments for eye conditions, as well as for malaria, gout, and headache. Flower: Used in ophthalmia.
Notes.
Medicinal uses of this species in India are discussed in Jain and DeFilipps (1991). Perry (1980) discusses the uses of this species in other parts of Asia as follows: On the Malay Peninsula, a paste made from fresh flowers is prescribed to treat asthma and leaves rubbed on the skin are used as a remedy for itch; in Indonesia, the bark is used to treat scabies, dried flowers are used to treat malaria, and the seeds finely ground with other ingredients are applied to treat stomach disorders in intermittent fever; in the Solomon Islands, crushed leaves are applied to boils. Worldwide medicinal usage, chemical composition, and toxicity of this species are discussed by Duke (1986).
Steam-distilled flower petals are the source of the perfume oil known as “ylang-ylang”, made in Asia, Madagascar and the Mascarenes. Perfumes, colognes, and toilet waters containing ylang ylang oil are responsible for several cases of allergic contact dermatitis in sensitive individuals. (Benezra 1985).
References.
Nordal (1963), Kirtikar and Basu (1993), Duke (2009), Rahman et al. (2005a).
Duke, JA, 1986. CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
Duke, JA, 2009. Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical database. USDA-ARS-NGRL, Beltsville Agricultural Research Centre, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/
Jain, SK, DeFilipps, RA, 1991. Medicinal Plants of India. 2 Vols. Reference Publications, Inc, Algonac.
Kirtikar, KR, Basu, BD, 1993. Indian Medicinal Plants. Vol. 2. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh Publishers, Dehradun.
Nordal, A, 1963. The Medicinal Plants and Crude Drugs of Burma. Hellstrom & Nordahls Boktrykkeri, Oslo.
Perry, LM, 1980. Medicinal Plants of East and South-East Asia: Attributed Properties and Uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London.
Rahman, MM, Lopa, SS, Sadik, G, Harun-or-Rashid Islam, R, Khondkar, P, Alam, AHMK, Rashid, MA, 2005a. Antibacterial and cytotoxic compounds from the bark of Cananga odorata. Fitoterapia 76 (7-8): 758 - 761, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fitote.2005.08.011
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