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Vanilla mexicana

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

Miller

Common Names

• Broad-leaved inodorous Vanilla
• Fuchs' Vanilla
• Mexican Vanilla
• Unscented Vanilla
• Verdolaga (Venezuela)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Minas Gerais
• Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Mexico
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Leeward Is.
• Nicaragua
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• S. Florida - USA
• Venezuela
• Windward Is.

Natural Habitats

• Edge of inundated rain forest swampy lowland forest
• coastal
• primary forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Apr Jan-Jul (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Oct

Non-woody glabrous twining succulent liana with aerial roots, white flowers 65mm long, axillary racemes, green sepals 65mm x 20mm, petals similar, lip with yellow crest, white column to 25mm long, green fruit unscented 270mm x 10mm, leaves 250mm x 125mm

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Mobot
• FB
• VOPR
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• SAFIO