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Vanilla
Vanilla planifolia
Vanilla · Bourbon Vanilla · Bonne vanille · Bourbon vanilla · Flat-leaved Vanilla · Lavani · Vainilla · Vainilla Colibrí · Vainilla Mansa · Vainilla tlilxóchil · Vanila · Vanili · Vanille · Vanille Bourbon · Vanille-orchidee · Vanillier à feuilles planes · Vanillier à feuilles planes, Vanille Bourbon
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Egypt, Mexico, ", Haiti
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Aphrodisiac, Bite(Snake), Carminative, Menoxenia
Science studied: ACETIC-ACID, ACETOPHENONE, ANISIC-ACID, ANISIC-ALCOHOL
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Orchidaceae
Scientific name: Vanilla planifolia
Common names: Vanilla, Bourbon Vanilla, Bonne vanille, Bourbon vanilla, Flat-leaved Vanilla, Lavani, Vainilla, Vainilla Colibrí, Vainilla Mansa, Vainilla tlilxóchil, Vanila, Vanili, Vanille, Vanille Bourbon, Vanille-orchidee, Vanillier à feuilles planes, Vanillier à feuilles planes, Vanille Bourbon
History
The source record documents this plant in Egypt, Mexico, ", Haiti.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Aphrodisiac
- Bite(Snake)
- Carminative
- Menoxenia
- Parturition
- Spasm
- Spice
- Stimulant
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- Syphilis
- Tonic
- Liqueur
- Perfume
- Vulnerary
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Egypt
- Mexico
- "
- Haiti
Documented cultural uses
- Aphrodisiac
- Bite(Snake)
- Carminative
- Menoxenia
- Parturition
- Spasm
- Spice
- Stimulant
- Syphilis
- Tonic
- Liqueur
- Perfume
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- Vulnerary
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETIC-ACID
- ACETOPHENONE
- ANISIC-ACID
- ANISIC-ALCOHOL
- ASH
- BENZOIC-ACID
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- CAPRINIC-ACID-ESTER
- N-CAPRYLIC-ACIDESTER
- CARBOHYDRATE
- CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL
- CITRIC-ACID
- CREOSOL
- P-CRESOL-METHYL-ETHER
- DIACETYL
- EO
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- FIBER
- GLUCOSE
- GLUCOVANILLIC-ACID
- HEPTANOIC-ACID
- METHYL-ANISATE
- CIS-METHYL-CINNAMATE
- NONANOIC-ACID
- OXALIC-ACID
- PROTEIN
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- VANILLIN-BETA-GLUCOSIDE
- VANILLYL-ETHYL-ETHER
- FURFUROL
- ACETALDEHYDE
- ANISYL-ETHYL-ETHER
- BENZYL-ALCOHOL
- CAPROIC-ACID
- CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- METHYL-PALMITATE
- OCTANOIC-ACID
- PIPERONAL
- TANNIN
- VANILLYL-ALCOHOL
- CALCIUM
- PHOSPHORUS
- FRUCTOSE
- CATECHIN
- ANISYLACETATE
- ANISYL-ALCOHOL
- P-CRESOL
- 1,3-BUTANEDIOL
- 2,4-DECADIENAL
- 4,4-DIMETHYL-3-HYDROXY-DIHYDRO-2-(3H)-FURANONE
- CATECHOL
- DOCOSANE
- P-ETHYL-GUAIACOL
- ETHYL-PALMITATE
- EUGENOL
- FAT
- FURFURAL
- GUAIACOL
- 2-FURANCARBOXYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- EICOSANE
- FORMIC-ACID
- 1-OCTEN-3-OL
- GAMMA-NONALACTONE
- ISOBUTYRIC-ACID
- MALIC-ACID
- NAPHTHALENE
- P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE
- P-HYDROXYBENZYL-ALCOHOL
- P-HYDROXYBENZYLMETHYLETHER
- TRANS-METHYL-CINNAMATE
- PROTOCATECHUALDEHYDE
- RESIN
- SUGARS
- VANILLIN
- WATER
- 2,4,6-HEPTANETRIONE
- 2-OCTEN-4-OL
- 2-PENTANOL
- HENEICOSANE
- HEPTADECANOIC-ACID
- HEXACOSANE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- METHYL-ACETATE
- METHYL-LINOLEATE
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NONANAL
- OLEIC-ACID
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- P-HYDROXYMETHYL-BENZOATE
- P-METHOXYBENZOIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PENTACOSENE
- PENTADECANOIC-ACID
- PHENOL
- SALICYLATES
- STEARIC-ACID
- SYRINGALDEHYDE
- SYRINGIC-ACID
- TETRACOSANE
- TRICOSANE
- TRICOSENE
- VANILLIN-2,3-BUTYLENEGLYCOL-ACETATE
- VANILLYL-ACETATE
- ZINGERONE
- 1-HEXADECANOL
- 4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-ACETOPHENONE
- 1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-2-PROPANONE
- 5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-2-FURANCARBOXALDEHYDE
- 2-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE
- 4-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-2-BUTANONE
- 2-METHOXY-PHENOL
- 5-METHYL-TETRAHYDRO-2-FURANMETHANOL
- 3-METHYL-BUTANAL
- 3-METHYL-CYCLO-PENTANONE
- 2-METHYL-3,5-DIHYDROXY-(4H)-PYRAN-4-ONE
- 6-METHYL-3,5-DIHYDROXY-2,3-DIHYDRO-(4H)-PYRAN-4-ONE
- 10-METHYLEICOSANE
- 5-METHYL-2-FURANCARBOXALDEHYDE
- 5-METHY-TETRAHYDRO-2-FURANMETHANOL
- 1-TETRADECANOL
- 2,4,6-TRIMETHYLACETOPHENONE
- 6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-PENTADECANONE
- ANISALDEHYDE
- BENZALDEHYDE
- 4-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-BENZYL-2-ISOPROPYLTARTRATE
- 4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-BENZYL-ALCOHOL
- 4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE
- 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- ANISIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- BENZOTHIAZOLE
- BIS-(4-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-BENZYL)-2-(1-METHYL-PROPYL)-TARTRATE
- CINNAMALDEHYDE
- CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL
- CIS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- COUMARIN
- CRESOL
- DECA-2-4-DIEN-1-AL
- DECAN-1-OL
- DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE
- DOCOS-1-ENE
- O-COUMARIC-ACID
- P-HYDROXY-BENZYL-ETHYL-ETHER
- TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- GLUCOVANILLIN
- VANILLIC-ACID
- 2-PHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL
- 3-METHYLDOCOSANE
- 3-METHYLEICOSANE
- 3-METHYLHENTRIACONTANE
- 3-METHYLHEPTADECANE
- 3-METHYLHEXACOSANE
- 3-METHYLNONADECANE
- 3-METHYLPENTADECANE
- 3-METHYLTETRACOSANE
- 3-METHYLTRITRIACONTANE
- 3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL
- 4-HYDROXY-METHYL-PHENYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- 5-ETHYLHENTRIACONTANE
- 5-ETHYLHEPTACOSANE
- 5-ETHYLHEXADECANE
- 5-ETHYLNONACOSANE
- 5-ETHYLOCTADECANE
- 5-ETHYLPENTACOSANE
- 5-ETHYLTETRADECANE
- 5-ETHYLTRITRIACONTANE
- 5-METHYL-FURFURAL
- 7-NONALACTONE
- CIS-VITISPIRANE
- DOTRIACONT-1-ENE
- EICOS-1-ENE
- ETHYL-VANILLATE
- ETHYL-VANILLIN
- FERULIC-ACID
- GAMMA-HEXALACTONE
- GAMMA-OCTALACTONE
- GAMMA-UNDECALACTONE
- GLUCOVANILLYL-ALCOHOL
- HENTRIACONT-1-ENE
- HEPTACOS-1-ENE
- HEXADEC-1-ENE
- HEXADECAN-2-ONE
- HEXAN-1-OL
- LIMONENE
- METHYL-VANILLATE
- N-DOCOSANE
- N-DOTRIACONTANE
- N-EICOSANE
- N-HENEICOSANE
- N-HENTRIACONTANE
- N-HEPTACOSANE
- N-HEPTADECANE
- N-HEXACOSANE
- N-HEXADECANE
- N-HEXATRIACONTANE
- N-NONACOSANE
- N-NONADECANE
- N-OCTACOSANE
- N-OCTADECANE
- N-PENTACOSANE
- N-PENTADECANE
- N-PENTATRIACONTANE
- N-TETRACOSANE
- N-TETRADECANE
- N-TETRATRIACONTANE
- N-TRIACONTANE
- N-TRICOSANE
- N-TRITRIACONTANE
- NONACOS-1-ENE
- OCT-1-EN-3-OL
- OCTADEC-1-ENE
- OCTAN-1-OL
- P-VINYL-GUAIACOL
- PENTACOS-1-ENE
- PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- TETRADEC-1-ENE
- TRANS-VITISPIRANE
- TRICOS-1-ENE
- TRITRIACONT-1-ENE
- UMBELLIFERONE
- VANILLYL-METHYL-ETHER
- VITISPIRANE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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