Original information from Kobashi Official Website:
LATIN NAME: Cananga odorata var. macrophylla
SOURCE: Steam distilled from the flowers
COLOUR: pale clear yellow
ORIGIN: Indonesia, Java
AROMA: sweet, exotic, light floral with a creamy note.
QUALITIES: Cananga is a tall, tropical tree which produces flowers almost identical to those of ylang ylang. In fact, the two plants produce such similar essential oil, that some suppliers sell Cananga as Ylang ylang.
Ylang ylang essential oil is a more intensely floral oil than Cananga. Those that find the heady aroma of Ylang ylang essential oil too much may prefer the slightly greener, gentler sweet floral aroma of Cananga.
Traditionally Cananga essential oil has been used for insect bites, skin care, anxiety, depression, and stress, and to treat infectious diseases, such as malaria.
In Ayurveda medicine Cananga oil is used to encourage healthy hair growth, preventing split ends and for moisturizing dry and itchy scalp, thus preventing dandruff and other scalp conditions.
