Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vanilla planifolia Andrews [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
banira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
baunilha	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
bourbon vanilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
climbing orchid	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
flat-leaved vanilla	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fán ní lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
java vanilla beans	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
madagascar vanilla	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
mexican vanilla	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
panili	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tahitian vanilla	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vainilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vaniglia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vanil	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
vanila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
vanilj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vanilla	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
vanilla orchid	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
vanillae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
vanille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
vaniller aromatique	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
vanillier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
venilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vyanilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
west indian vanilla	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xiāng lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
凡尼兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香草兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Fruit		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Fruit		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
fruit	cured, full-grown, unripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
fruit pods		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
fruit	cured, full-grown, unripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
fruit	vegetal drug, tincture	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
fruit	dried unripe fruits	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
fruit	cured, full-grown, unripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Vanilla fragrans Ames Schedul. Orchid. 7: 36 (1924), nom. illeg.
Epidendrum rubrum Lam. Encycl. 1: 178 (1783).
Myrobroma fragrans Salisb. Parad. Lond. 2: t. 82 (1807), nom. illeg.
Notylia planifolia (Andrews) Conz. Fl. Taxon. Mex. 3: 151 (1947).
Notylia sativa (Schiede) Conz. Fl. Taxon. Mex. 3: 151 (1947).
Notylia sylvestris (Schiede) Conz. Fl. Taxon. Mex. 3: 151 (1947), nom. illeg.
Vanilla aromatica Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 121 (1805), nom. illeg.
Vanilla aromatica var. bicolor F.Buyss. L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 513 (1878).
Vanilla aromatica var. claviculata F.Buyss. L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 513 (1878).
Vanilla aromatica var. discolor F.Buyss. L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 513 (1878).
Vanilla aromatica var. lutescens F.Buyss. L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 513 (1878).
Vanilla aromatica var. planifolia (Andrews) F.Buyss. L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 513 (1878).
Vanilla bampsiana Geerinck Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 52: 345 (1982).
Vanilla duckei Huber Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 5: 327 (1909).
Vanilla planifolia var. angusta Costantin & Poiss. ex C.Henry Agric. Colon. 83: 135 (1924).
Vanilla rubra (Lam.) Urb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 5: 157 (1920).
Vanilla sativa Schiede Linnaea 4: 573 (1829).
Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1: 125 (1944).
Vanilla sotoarenasii M.Pignal, Azof.-Bolaños & Grisoni Eur. J. Taxon. 284: 17 (2017).
Vanilla sylvestris Schiede Linnaea 4: 573 (1829).
Vanilla viridiflora Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 422 (1825).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Vanilla Planifolia	Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009)
Vanilla fragans Ames	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Vanilla fragrans	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vanilla fragrans (Salisb.) Ames	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Vanilla fragrans (Salisbury) Ames	ISO Catalogue (2009)
Vanilla planifolia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Vanilla planifolia Andr.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Vanilla planifolia Andrew.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vanilla planifolia Andrews	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Vanilla planifolia Andrzeiowski	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Vanilla planifolia B.d. Jackson	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Vanilla planifolia Jacks.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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