Vanilla

Also known as vanilovník

genus of plants

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Vanilla is a genus of orchid plants that produce pods containing aromatic seeds widely used as a flavoring in food and beverages. It matters because vanilla is one of the world's most popular and valuable flavorings, making these plants economically important to many agricultural regions.

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Species

Gulf Fritillary

Vanilla

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae

Native toBelize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Observations174,983

Observations recorded13,884

Vanille ([ʋaˈnɪljə] oder [vaˈnɪlə], landschaftsbezogen auch [faˈnɪlə] bzw. [vaˈnɪl]; botanisch Vanilla) ist eine Pflanzengattung in der Familie der Orchideen (Orchidaceae).[1] Die 106[1] bis 127 Arten sind in den Subtropen bis Tropen verbreitet. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Beschreibung 1.1 Vegetative Merkmale 1.2 Generative Merkmale 2 Systematik, botanische Geschichte und Verbreitung 2.1 Botanische Geschichte und Taxonomie 2.2 Äußere Systematik 2.3 Innere Systematik 2.4 Arten und ihre Verbreitung 3 Nutzung 4 Einzelnachweise 5 Weblinks 6 Weiterführende Literatur Beschreibung Illustration aus Rumphia, sive, Commentationes botanicæ imprimis de plantis Indiæ Orientalis ..., 1835 von Vanilla albida Illustration aus Martius, Eichler, Urban: Flora Brasiliensis, Band 3, Teil 4, Tafel 32 von Vanilla chamissonis Illustration von Vanilla humblotii Vegetative Merkmale Bei vielen Arten variieren die vegetativen Merkmale sehr stark und sind deshalb als Bestimmungsmerkmale schlecht geeignet.[1] Die Arten der Gattung Vanilla sind immergrüne, ausdauernde krautige Pflanzen. Diese Kletterpflanze wachsen direkt im Erdboden wurzelnd (terrestrisch) oder halbepiphytisch. Die dicke, kahle, grüne, monopodiale Spr

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Research

1,754 papers

Vanilla beyond Vanilla planifolia and Vanilla × tahitensis: Taxonomy and Historical Notes, Reproductive Biology, and Metabolites.ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022de Oliveira RT, da Silva Oliveira JP, Macedo AFDOI: 10.3390/plants11233311
Organic Vanilla Production in Mexico: Current Status, Challenges, and Perspectives.ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Maldonado-Miranda JJ, Martínez-Soto D, Ceballos-Maldonado JG et al.DOI: 10.3390/plants14243772
Odour hedonics and the ubiquitous appeal of vanilla.ReviewNature food · 2022Spence CDOI: 10.1038/s43016-022-00611-x
Are there bubbles in the vanilla price?Agricultural and food economics · 2022Khan K, Su CW, Khurshid A et al.DOI: 10.1186/s40100-022-00213-y
Vanilla flavor: Species from the Atlantic forest as natural alternatives.Food chemistry · 2022da Silva Oliveira JP, Garrett R, Bello Koblitz MG et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131891
Vanilla odor promotes oral feeding in premature infants-A randomized controlled trial.Physiology & behavior · 2024Gellrich J, Messer V, Lohrer EC et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114417
Vanilla--its science of cultivation, curing, chemistry, and nutraceutical properties.ReviewCritical reviews in food science and nutrition · 2013Anuradha K, Shyamala BN, Naidu MMDOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.563879
Not So Vanilla: What Dermatologists Should Know About Vanilloid Receptors.Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD · 2023Whiting C, Azim SA, Friedman ADOI: 10.36849/JDD.1223

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Wikidata facts

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taxon name: Vanilla
Commons category: Vanilla
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12636
Commons gallery: Vanilla
taxon common name: vanilja
start time: 109000000-

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Article

Vanilla orchids form the flowering plant genus Vanilla made of about 110 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). These orchids are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, from tropical America to tropical Asia, New Guinea and West Africa. Five species are known from the contiguous United States, all limited to southern Florida.

The most widely known member is the flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia), native to Mexico and Belize, 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. The key constituent imparting its flavour is the phenolic aldehyde vanillin.