Uvaria siamensis

Uvaria siamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Uvaria
Species:	U. siamensis
Binomial name
	Uvaria siamensis; (Scheff.) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Su & R.M.K.Saunders (2009)
Synonyms
	Fissistigma schefferi (Pierre ex Finet & Gagnep.) Merr. (1919); Melodorum fruticosum Lour. (1790); Melodorum schefferi Pierre ex Finet & Gagnep. (1906); Melodorum siamense (Scheff.) Bân (1974); Rauwenhoffia siamensis Scheff. (1885 publ. 1881); Unona dumetorum Dunal (1817), nom. superfl.; Uvaria godefroyana Finet & Gagnep. (1906); Uvaria godefroyana var. nervosa Finet & Gagnep. (1907);

Uvaria siamensis, locally called nom-maew (Thai: นมแมว), is a plant in the family Annonaceae. Uvaria siamensis is a shrub or liana native to Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and northern Peninsular Malaysia.

It is related to the ylang-ylang. It requires little care and can even be kept in containers, blooming from spring until fall. Despite their plainness, the flowers of the genus Uvaria have a aroma that can travel very far. It is for this that Asian gardeners include it among their favorite garden plants. This plant can tolerate some shade; however, lack of sunlight adversely affects flowering.