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Vanilla inodora

Vanilla inodora

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial Climber
Growth—

The flowers usually need to be hand pollinated, especially when the plant is growing outside its native range, if the fruit is to be produced[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Vanilla+inodora>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Vol. 51 — Acevedo-Rodríguez P. (Editor) · Smithsonian Institution; Washington. · 2005 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A treatment of the climbing plants of Puerto Rico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  2. [2]Contributions to The Flora of Venezuela. — Steyermark J.A. Et al · Chicago Natural History Museum; Chicago. · 1951 - 1957 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎An excellent flora, though made at a time when botanical knowledge of the areas was still very lacking.
  3. [3]Flora of Jamaica — Fawcett. W. & Rendle. A. B. · British Museum · 1910 ↩︎Rather dated, so many name changes. Nevertheless, a very good guide to the plants of the Caribbean. The book is out of copyright and can be legally downloaded from various websites.
  4. [4]Flowering Plants of Jamaica — Adams. C.D. · University of the West Indies; Jamaica. · 1972 ↩︎A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc.