Vanilla planifolia Andrews

van-IL-a or van-EE-ya -- from a Spanish word meaning little pod ... Dave's Botanary
plan-ee-FOH-lee-uh -- flat-leaved ... Dave's Botanary

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, retrieved 12 January 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

flat-leaved vanilla

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... or simply vanilla
• or Mexican vanilla ... Vikaspedia - Collaborative Knowledge Sharing Portal - Government of India initiative (powered by MEIT & C-DAC)

vanilla creeper

• Flowers of India, 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 ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ವನಿಲಾ vanila

• ವಿಕಿಕೋಟ್ - ಒಂದು ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

वनिल vanil

• for Vanilla aromatica Willd. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India 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 ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

வனிக்கொடி vani-k-koti

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

వెనిలా venila

• వికీపీడియా - స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వమ ... 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། ... 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. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ Created on: 18:01 12-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:48 13-01-2025 ~~~~~

Orchidaceae "cash crop" spice creeper vine "Vanilla planifolia" "Vanilla sativa" "Vanilla sylvestris" "flat-leaved vanilla" vanilla "vanilla creeper"