From what comes the vanilla?!

Question:

From what comes the vanilla?

is it a tree?, a plant? what kind of seed?

Answers:

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Vanilla is the fruit pod from the Orchid: Vanilla planifolia

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Source(s):
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/vani...

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vanilla beans

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seed pod

This long, thin pod is the fruit of a luminous celadon-colored orchid (vanilla planifolia), which, of over 20,000 orchid varieties, is the only one that bears anything edible. Native to tropical America, the vanilla bean was cultivated and processed by the Aztecs, who used it to flavor their cocoa-based drink, xocolatl, later transliterated to chocolatl.

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flower

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vanilla beansssss i think

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Fruit pods.

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Vanilla comes from a bean - thats grown on a tree

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Seed pod (and seeds) of a white flower. I don't know what the flower grows on though, as I have only seen close ups of the flower. could be stand alone.... ok, yup, checked out wikipedia. It's a type of orchid

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Fruit Pod

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