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Vanilla odorata, also known as vanilla tlatepusco, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, and tropical South America. With Vanilla planifolia it is a parent of the vanilla crop species Vanilla × tahitensis.
Vanilla odorata is distributed from Mexico south throughout Central America and the northern half of South America. Some collections may be escaped cultivated specimens, as the fruits have been used for culinary use similarly to Vanilla planifolia, the most widely cultivated vanilla.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vanilla odorata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
