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Vanilla pompona

Vanilla pompona
Vanilla pompona (Botanischer Garten TU Darmstadt).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Vanilla
Species: V. pompona
Binomial name
Vanilla pompona
Schiede
Synonyms
  • Notylia pompona (Schiede) Conz.

Vanilla pompona is a species of vanilla orchid. It is native to Mexico and northern South America, and is one of the sources for vanilla flavouring, due to its high vanillin content.

Like all members of the genus Vanilla, V. pompona is a vine. It uses its fleshy roots to support itself as it grows. Its leaves and stems are generally thicker than in V. planifolia and V. phaeantha.


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