*Vanilla planifolia* Andrews [image: Vanilla planifolia Andrews] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104695806>
*van-IL-a* or *van-EE-ya* -- from a Spanish word meaning little pod ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Vanilla> *plan-ee-FOH-lee-uh* -- flat-leaved ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=planifolia> *commonly known as*: flat-leaved vanilla, vanilla creeper • *Hindi*: वैनिला vainila • *Kannada*: ವನಿಲಾ vanila • *Konkani*: वनिल vanil • *Malayalam*: വാനില vaanila • *Tamil*: வனிக்கொடி vani-k-koti • *Telugu*: వెనిలా venila • *Tibetan*: དྲི་ཞིམ་ལྡན་པའི་རྩྭ། dri zhim ldan pa'i rtswa *botanical names*: *Vanilla planifolia* Andrews ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Vanilla aromatica* Willd. • *Vanilla sativa* Schiede • *Vanilla sylvestris* Schiede ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 12 January 2025 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *flat-leaved vanilla* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_planifolia> - The Free Encyclopedia ... or simply vanilla - or Mexican vanilla ... Vikaspedia <https://agriculture.vikaspedia.in/viewcontent/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/spices/vanilla?lgn=en> - Collaborative Knowledge Sharing Portal - Government of India initiative (powered by MEIT <https://www.meity.gov.in/> & C-DAC <https://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=HY>) *vanilla creeper* - Flowers of India <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Vanilla%20Creeper.html>, retrieved January 12, 2025 ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *वैनिला vainila* - विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश <https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ವನಿಲಾ vanila* - ವಿಕಿಕೋಟ್ - ಒಂದು ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ <https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BE> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat *वनिल vanil* - for *Vanilla aromatica* Willd. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *വാനില vaanila* - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *வனிக்கொடி vani-k-koti* - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *వెనిలా venila* - వికీపీడియా - స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వమ <https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BE> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~ written in: *Tibetan* ... spoken in: *Tibet*, *Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh*, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan *དྲི་ཞིམ་ལྡན་པའི་རྩྭ། dri zhim ldan pa'i rtswa* - ཝེ་ཁེ་རིག་མཛོད། - རང་དབང་གི་རིག་མཛོད་ཆེན་མོ། <https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%91%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9E%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BE%A1%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%A9%E0%BE%AD%E0%BC%8D> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ cultivated as cash crop in: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu - Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%202.pdf> 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) ~~~~~ Created on: 18:01 12-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:48 13-01-2025 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/vanilla-planifolia-andrews.html Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/vanilla-planifolia-andrews.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Wednesday, 25 April 2012 at 17:14:16 UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote: > >> Many thanks Mani ji ... doubtful (not sure) about finding it in Mumbai. >> Will keep you posted. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 5:06 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dinesh ji, nice flowers. Where the plant is available in Mumbai. >>> Please let me know. I am interested in growing it. >>> Regards, >>> Mani >>> >>> On 4/23/12, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > @ DInesh: Thanks , bookmarked it// will and Can use it often.. >>> > Usha di >>> > ====== >>> > >>> > >>> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Dinesh Valke >>> > <[email protected]>wrote: >>> > >>> >> Pankaj, there are now many "spice" farms in and around Goa. >>> Eco-tourism is >>> >> catching up. Cultivated plants and their importance and trivia are >>> >> explained to tourists. >>> >> This particular vanilla plant is at Tanshikar's Spice Farm at Netorli, >>> >> Goa. >>> >> >>> >> Usha di - have put a link below pronunciation and meaning ... Dave's >>> >> Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> ( >>> >> http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/ ) >>> >> >>> >> Regards. >>> >> Dinesh >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar >>> >> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Oh where did you get that plant. Actually this is not found in >>> India. It >>> >>> was introduced by Britishers for Vanilla extraction from the seed >>> pods. >>> >>> Nice to see that it flowered. 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