Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

40. 11611-illn, ylang-ylang
ANNONA FAMILY (ANNONACEAE)
Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thorns.*
This East Indian ornamental tree is identified tl~an inch long, the stigmas in n sticky mass.
by: (1) branches and twigs drooping and bearing Several fruits developing from tl flower have allenves
cl~:~racteristicnlly.~n 2 rows; (2) thin ovate 111ost tasteless flesh and 11sual1y 4 or 5 rounded flat
to oblong leaves long-pointed at apex mlcl rounded light brow11 seeds inch or more in diameter
nt base; (3) odd, strongly fragrant, large thong11 (6,400 to a pound). In flower and fruit through
inconspicuous, yello\\- or eenish-yellow flowers most of the year.
with very nJsron7 and f$tlg-poieted drooping The snp~vood is whitish. The soft wood is not
petals 3-5 inches long and only %-1/2 inch broad, durt~ble. Where the trees are native, small canoes
1-3 ttt base of a leaf; and (4 distinctive fruit, :~ui