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The name "Cananga" is met with in Germany as occurring in former times.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various
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Abandoned cleared land reverts to a tangled secondary growth, dominated by introduced woody plants such as Triphasia trifolia, Jatropha gossypifolia, Pithecellobium dulce, Muntingia calabura, Cananga odorata, and especially Leucaena leucocephala.
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Lowland forest remains only in valleys and on scattered low mountain slopes where Inocarpus fagifer, bamboo (Schizostachyum glaucifolium), Cananga odorata, Rhus taitensis, Pisonia umbellifera, introduced Aleurites moluccana, Macaranga sp.,
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In habit the Cananga resembles the _Michelia champaca_, L., [1] of the family Magnoliaceæ, an Indian tree extraordinarily prized on account of the very pleasant perfume of its yellow flowers, and which was already highly celebrated in ancient times in India.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various
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The handsome and imposing looking flowers of the _Cananga odorata_ occur to the number of four on short peduncles.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various
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The composition of the oil is qualitatively the same as that of Cananga oil, but it is considerably more expensive and therefore can only be used in the highest grade soaps.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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Cananga odorata, obtained chiefly from the Philippine Islands.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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_Cananga odorata_, according to Hooker and Thomson or Bentham and
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various
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_Cananga_ or _Kananga oil_, the earlier distillate from the flowers of
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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_Ylang-ylang oil_, distilled from the flowers of Cananga odorata, the chief sources being the Philippine Islands and Java.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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