Orchidaceae
Vanilla
Vanilla planifolia
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Vanilla
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Common names
By language (36)
- Arabic
- فنيلية منبسطة الورق, ونيله
- ban
- Panili
- bew
- Kernèli
- Bulgarian
- Плосколистна ванилия
- Cantonese
- 雲呢拿草
- Catalan
- Vainilla
- Central Kurdish
- ڤانیلای گەڵاتات, ڤانیلا
- Chinese
- 雲呢拿, 香草, 香荚兰, 扁叶香荚兰, 香果兰, 香果蘭
- Czech
- Vanilovník plocholistý
- Dutch
- Vanille-orchidee
- English
- Vanilla, Flat leaved vanilla
- Esperanto
- Vera vanilo
- Estonian
- Harilik vanill
- Filipino
- Baynilya
- Finnish
- Vanilja
- fj
- Tabana biuti vanila
- frr
- Gewürtswanile
- German
- Gewürzvanille
- Guarani
- Tyru'i
- Haitian Creole
- Vaniy
- hsb
- Prawa wanilija
- Indonesian
- Vanili, Pohon vanili
- Japanese
- バニラ
- Javanese
- Panili
- Kazakh
- Ваниль
- Kurdish
- Vanîlya
- lah
- ونیلا ویل
- Lithuanian
- Kvapioji vanilė
- Polish
- Wanilia płaskolistna
- Russian
- Ваниль плосколистная, Ваниль, Ваниль душистая
- Serbian
- Западноиндијска ванила, Зачинска ванила, Равнолиста ванила
- Slovak
- Vanilka pravá
- smn
- Vanilja
- Swedish
- Vaniljorkidé
- Tongan
- Vanila
- Ukrainian
- Ваніль плосколиста
Synonyms
- Epidendrum rubrum Lam.
- Myrobroma fragrans Salisb.
- Notylia planifolia (Andrews) Conz.
- Notylia sativa (Schiede) Conz.
- Notylia sylvestris (Schiede) Conz.
- Vanilla aromatica Willd.
- Vanilla aromatica var. bicolor F.Buyss.
- Vanilla aromatica var. claviculata F.Buyss.
- Vanilla aromatica var. discolor F.Buyss.
- Vanilla aromatica var. lutescens F.Buyss.
- Vanilla aromatica var. planifolia (Andrews) F.Buyss.
- Vanilla bampsiana Geerinck
- Vanilla duckei Huber
- Vanilla fragrans Ames
- Vanilla planifolia var. angusta Costantin & Boiss. ex C.Henry
- Vanilla planifolia var. angusta Costantin & Poiss. ex C.Henry
- Vanilla rubra (Lam.) Urb.
- Vanilla sativa Schiede
- Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne
- Vanilla sotoarenasii M.Pignal, Azof.-Bolaños & Grisoni
- Vanilla sylvestris Schiede
- Vanilla viridiflora Blume
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May, July, September (from 35 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Marco Díaz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Xavier JAPIOT, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aldous13, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anwar saadat at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Micha Baum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Qasinka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emily Nyenyedzi Davies, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.