Vainilla (Vanilla pompona)
Nombres comunes: Platanillo, Vainilln (Espaol) / Pltano vainilla, Vainilla boba, Vainilla pompona,
Vainilln (ND) / Segne-xeute (Totonaco)
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Economic uses
Uses: Spice/herb/condiment
Comments: This species is likely to be used by local people for flavoring.
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National distribution
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Diagnostic description
Vanilla pompona Schiede, Linnaea 4: 573. 1829.
Fig. 180. G-H
Non-woody vine, glabrous, scarcely branched, that climbs by means of aerial roots and attains 5 m in length.
Stems cylindrical, 12-15 mm in diameter, producing watery and caustic latex when wounded; internodes up to
20 cm long; nodes swollen, with an annular scar, producing 1 adventitious root per node; the lateral branches
pendulous. Leaves persistent, oblong-ovate or oblong-elliptical, fleshy, rigid, flat, almost sessile, 20-30 6-10
cm, the apex acute or obtuse, the base obtuse; both surfaces dull, with the parallel venation prominent;
petioles ca. 1.5 cm long. Inflorescence an axillary raceme, with many flowers; bracts fleshy, broadly ovate,
1.2-2.5 cm long. Sepals greenish yellow or yellowish creamcolored, free, expanded, oblanceolate, obtuse, or
rounded, ca. 9 1-2 cm. Petals similar, but dorsally keeled; lip yellow-orange, entire, unguiculate, adnate
along the column; column slender, semicylindrical, ca. 7 cm long, barbate in the area near the stigma. Fruits
pendulous, fusiform, ca. 18 2.5 cm.
Phenology:Flowering from March to May, but not producing fruits in Puerto Rico because its natural
pollinators are not found on the island.
Status: Exotic, persistent, uncommon.
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Barcode data: vanilla pompona
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this
species.
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National nature serve conservation status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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Use
Fruit: In Surinam, fermented fruit is made into vanilla crystals which are put into carapa oil (Carapa
guianensis). For poor blood circulation, skin conditions.
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Common names
Guyana: West Indian vanilla. Surinam: bana banirie, baniri, vanille.
References
1. NatureServe, some rights reserved
2. Acevedo-Rodrguez, Pedro. Vines and Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Vol.
51. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 2005.
3. Pedro Acevedo-Rodrguez, some rights reserved
4. Barcode of Life Data Systems, some rights reserved
5. Medicinal Plants Of The Guianas ( Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana) By Robert A. Defilipps, Shirley L.
Maina And Juliette Crepin; Online At The Biological Biodiversity Of The Guiana Shield. Smithsonian
Natural Museum Of Natural History 2004 [Link]
6. Smithsonian Institution, some rights reserved
