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Vanilla planifolia is a species of vanilla orchid native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. [2] It is one of the primary sources for vanilla flavouring, due to its high vanillin content. Common names include flat-leaved vanilla, [5] and West Indian vanilla (also used for the Pompona vanilla, V. pompona).
Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily obtained from pods of the flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia). [ 1 ] Vanilla is not autogamous , so pollination is required to make the plants produce the fruit from which the vanilla spice is obtained. [ 2 ]
The most widely known member is the flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia), native to Mexico and Belize, [3] from which commercial vanilla flavoring is derived. It is the only orchid widely used for industrial purposes in flavoring such products as foods, beverages and cosmetics, and is recognized as the most popular aroma and flavor . [ 4 ]
This is a list of accepted species of Vanilla (vanilla orchids), according to the most recent taxonomic research. [1] However, molecular phylogeny is still needed to support these findings as some morphological variations might be influenced by the local environment.
Vanilleae Flat-leaved vanilla, Tahitian vanilla or West Indian vanilla (Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews) Scientific classification; Kingdom: Plantae: Clade: : Tracheophytes
Vanilloideae is one of the subfamilies of orchids belonging to the large family Orchidaceae.. Lindley (1836) and Garay (1986) [2] treated it as a separate family, Vanillaceae.
Vanilla odorata, also known as vanilla tlatepusco, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, and tropical South America. With Vanilla planifolia it is a parent of the vanilla crop species Vanilla × tahitensis .
The majority of the world's vanilla is the V. planifolia variety, more commonly known as "Madagascar-Bourbon" vanilla, which is produced in a small region of Madagascar and in Indonesia. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Vanilla is the second most expensive spice after saffron , [ citation needed ] due to the extensive labor required to grow the vanilla seed pods.