Orchidaceae
West Indian vanilla
Vanilla pompona
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Vanilla
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- الفانيليا بومبونا
- Czech
- Vanilovník velkokvětý
- Danish
- Guadeloupevanilje
- English
- West Indian vanilla, V. pompona
- French
- Vanillon
- Serbian
- Гваделупска ванила
Synonyms
- Notylia pompona (Schiede) Conz.
- Vanilla cochlearilabia Archila, Chiron & Menchaca
- Vanilla grandiflora Lindl.
- Vanilla hamata Klotzsch
- Vanilla lutescens Moq. ex Dupuis
- Vanilla pittieri Schltr.
- Vanilla planifolia var. gigantea Hoehne
- Vanilla pleei Portères
- Vanilla pompona subsp. grandiflora (Lindl.) Soto Arenas
- Vanilla pompona subsp. pittieri (Schltr.) Dressler
- Vanilla pompona subsp. pompona
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Augustine Fou from New York, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Botanischer Garten TU Darmstadt, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fpalli, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.