Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews, Bot. Repos. 8: t. 538 1808. (syn. Epidendrum rubrum Lam.; Myrobroma fragrans Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Notylia planifolia (Jacks. ex Andrews) Conz.; Notylia sativa (Schiede) Conz.; Notylia sylvestris (Schiede) Conz. [Illegitimate]; Vanilla aromatica Willd. [Illegitimate]; Vanilla bampsiana Geerinck; Vanilla duckei Huber; Vanilla fragrans Ames [Illegitimate]; Vanilla rubra (Lam.) Urb.; Vanilla sativa Schiede; Vanilla sylvestris Schiede; Vanilla viridiflora Blume); . van-IL-a or van-EE-ya — from a Spanish word meaning little pod … Dave’s Botanary plan-ee-FOH-lee-uh — flat-leaved … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: flat-leaved vanilla, vanilla creeper • Hindi: वैनिला vainila • Kannada: ವನಿಲಾ vanila • Konkani: वनिल vanil • Malayalam: വാനില vaanila • Tamil: வனிக்கொடி vani-k-koti • Telugu: వెనిలా venila • Tibetan: དྲི་ཞིམ་ལྡན་པའི་རྩྭ། dri zhim ldan pa’i rtswa Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/vanilla-planifolia-andrews.html . Native to: Central America; cultivated elsewhere .
Orchidaceae fortnight :: Vanilla planifolia :: Spice Farm in Goa :: DV43 : 4 images. 8 posts by 5 authors. van-IL-a or van-EE-ya — from a Spanish word meaning little pod … Dave’s Botanary Wow where did you get this from :). Wonderful pics. thanks for sharing. There are many spice farms that have come up in Goa. This one is Tanshikar’s Spice Farm near Netravali, a very nice place to find most of the plants producing spices. Great view of this Brazilean spice. Today I explained Orchidaceae to my PG students and quoted it as a natural spice and a climbing orchid. Will show them too. My son had photographed similar plant from Kerala. I will upload it for confirmation. Beautiful upload … I too have one sp of Vanilla (Most probably) will upload soon .
Orchidaceae Fortnight: Vanilla planifolia from Kerala pl. validate GS-18 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors. Looks similar to Vanilla planifolia uploaded by … Please validate or correct. Yes this is most likely to be Vanilla planifolia. Thank you very much … for uploading photos of Vanilla plant.
Orchidaceae fortnight :: Vanilla planifolia flower :: SMP 18 : 1 image. 2 posts by 2 authors. Vanilla planifolia In a nursery.
Orchidaceae Fortnight : Vanilla planifolia : Mumbai, Munnar & Sri Lanka : 041013 : AK-4 : Attachments (6). 7 posts by 5 authors. Sharing pictures of Vanilla from Mumbai, Munnar and Sri Lanka. Buds and flower seen at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai, Vanilla plant in Sri Lanka and Pods in a Spice garden in Munnar. It had slipped my mind, … post reminded me that Vanilla comes under Orchidaceae. My picture of pods is also on FOI. Thanks … for sharing all aspects of this useful plant Very good documentation. The vanilla essence used extensively in various food items is derived from this.
Orchidaceae fortnight :: Vanilla planifolia :: Motigudda- North Karnataka & Goa :: PKA2: Attachments (5). 5 posts by 5 authors. Seen this Orchid creeper at North Karnataka and Goa. I have this plant for over 10 years now but it never flowered 🙁 Thanks a lot for sharing. . Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews … (family: Orchidaceae)   van-IL-a or van-EE-ya — from a Spanish word meaning little pod plan-ee-FOH-lee-uh — flat-leaved … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: flat-leaved vanilla, vanilla … simply called as vanilla in all languages of India. botanical names: Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews … synonyms: Epidendrum rubrum Lam. • Myrobroma fragrans Salisb. [Illegitimate] • Notylia planifolia (Jacks. ex Andrews) Conz. • Notylia sativa (Schiede) Conz. • Notylia sylvestris (Schiede) Conz. [Illegitimate] • Vanilla aromatica Willd. [Illegitimate] • Vanilla bampsiana Geerinck • Vanilla duckei Huber • Vanilla fragrans Ames [Illegitimate] • Vanilla rubra (Lam.) Urb. • Vanilla sativa Schiede • Vanilla sylvestris Schiede • Vanilla viridiflora Blume … The Plants List ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Photographed at Tanshikar’s Spice Farm, Netorli, Goa on 21 FEB 12 more views at flickr. Oh where did you get that plant. Actually this is not found in India. It was introduced by Britishers for Vanilla extraction from the seed pods. Nice to see that it flowered. I have it at home but it never flowers. … there are now many “spice” farms in and around Goa. Eco-tourism is catching up. Cultivated plants and their importance and trivia are explained to tourists. van-IL-a or van-EE-ya — from a Spanish word meaning little pod … Dave’s Botanary plan-ee-FOH-lee-uh — flat-leaved … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: flat-leaved vanilla, vanilla creeper • Hindi: वैनिला vainila • Kannada: ವನಿಲಾ vanila • Konkani: वनिल vanil • Malayalam: വാനില vaanila • Tamil: வனிக்கொடி vani-k-koti • Telugu: వెనిలా venila • Tibetan: དྲི་ཞིམ་ལྡན་པའི་རྩྭ། dri zhim ldan pa’i rtswa botanical names: Vanilla planifolia Andrews … heterotypic synonyms: Vanilla aromatica Willd. • Vanilla sativa Schiede • Vanilla sylvestris Schiede … POWO, retrieved 12 January 2025 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India flat-leaved vanilla
vanilla creeper
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand वैनिला vainila
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka ವನಿಲಾ vanila
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat वनिल vanil
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep വാനില vaanila
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands வனிக்கொடி vani-k-koti
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry వెనిలా venila
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~ written in: Tibetan … spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan དྲི་ཞིམ་ལྡན་པའི་རྩྭ། dri zhim ldan pa’i rtswa
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ cultivated as cash crop in: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
~~~~~ Created on: 18:01 12-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:48 13-01-2025 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/vanilla-planifolia-andrews.html Malayalam and English names are correct
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Vanilla planifolia
Updated on February 8, 2025