This plant is native to Indonesia and is also widely found in Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. Ylang-Ylang is the identity flora of Aceh and North Sumatra Province, possessing various benefits and advantages. The local communities widely use the Ylang-Ylang flower as an element in cultural rituals. Additionally, it has benefits as traditional medicine, fuel, material for match-making, a food aroma enhancer, and an ingredient for hair fragrance.

Grows well in areas at an altitude below 1,200 meters above sea level (m.a.s.l.) and will flower profusely in areas at an altitude of 20–700 m.a.s.l. It requires a rainfall of 250–4,000 mm/year with a dry period reaching up to 4 months, and a temperature range of 10–35°C.

• Stem: Straight, hard wood, with whitish-gray bark.

• Leaves: Oval-shaped, smooth, pointed tip, 10–23 cm long, 4.5–14 cm wide.

• Flower: Compound, drooping racemes that are green when young and turn yellow when mature. The scent is very fragrant.

• Fruit: Obovoid (inverted egg shape), green when young and turns blackish when mature. The fruit is 2 cm long and thick-fleshed.

• Propagation: Generatively (seeds) and vegetatively (stem cuttings and air layering/marcotting).

Treats shortness of breath, malaria, bronchitis, post-natal care, pneumonia, stomach ache, lowers blood pressure in hypertension, remedy for headaches, eye inflammation, gout, rheumatism, and acne.

• Flower: Benzoic acid, farnesol, geraniol, linalool, benzyl acetate, eugenol, safrole, cadinene, pinene. Bark: Alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, triterpenoids, and tannins.