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Vanilla planifolia  Andrews

   

Botanical Name

:

Vanilla planifolia Andrews

English Name

:

Vanilla

Synonym(s)

:

Vanilla mexicana P. Miller p.p., Vanilla viridiflora Blume, Vanilla fragrans (Salisb.) Ames

Family

:

Orchidaceae

 

General Info

Description

A fleshy, herbaceous, perennial vine, climbing up trees to a height of 10-15 m by means of long, whitish, adventitious roots, opposite the leaves. Stem long, cylindrical, 1-2 cm in diameter, simple or branched, succulent, dark green. Leaves alternate, fleshy, subsessile; blade oblong-elliptical to lanceolate, 8-25 cm x 2-8 cm, somewhat rounded at base, acute to acuminate at top, with numerous parallel veins. Inflorescence a short axillary raceme, 5-10 cm long, 6-15(-30)-flowered, with usually only 1-3 flowers open at one time, starting from the base; pedicel very short; flower about 10 cm in diameter, waxy, fragrant, yellow-green; sepals 3, oblong, 4-7 cm x 1-1.5 cm; 2 upper petals resembling the sepals but slightly smaller, labellum (lower petal) trumpet-shaped, 4-5 cm x 1.5-3 cm, obscurely 3-lobed at top, inside hairy at base; column 3-5 cm long, attached to labellum, bearing at its tip 2 pollinia covered by a cap; stigma concave, separated from the pollinia by a thin flap-like rostellum. Fruit a pendulous, narrowly cylindrical capsule, 10-25 cm x 0.8-1.5 cm, obscurely 3-angled, splitting longitudinally when ripe. Seeds numerous, globose, about 0.4 mm in diameter, black.

Herb Effects

Aphrodisiac, carminative, emmenagogue and stimulant (fruits)

Links

King's American Dispensatory
PROSEA (Plant Resources of South-East Asia) Foundation

Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Acetaldehyde, acetic acid, acetophenone, anisaldehyde, anisic acid, benzaldehyde, benzoic acid, benzyl alcohol, catechin, citric acid, creosol, eugenol, furfural, guaiacol, isobutyric acid, malic acid, naphthalene, octanoic acid, oxalic acid, p-cresol, protocatechuic acid, protocatechualdehyde, tannin, vanillic acid, vanillin, vanillyl alcohol (fruits); piperonal (plant).

Chemistry of Active Ingredients
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Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Product Categories
Acetaldehyde 108-62-3 2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-
1,3,5,7-tetraoxocane
C8H16O4 Click Here To Enlarge
Acetic acid 77671-22-8 acetic acid C2H4O2 Click Here To Enlarge
Acetophenone 98-86-2 1-phenylethanone C8H8O Click Here To Enlarge
Anisaldehyde 50984-52-6 4-methoxybenzaldehyd
e
C8H8O2 Click Here To Enlarge
Anisic acid 1335-08-6 4-methoxybenzoic
acid
C8H8O3 Click Here To Enlarge
Benzaldehyde 100-52-7 benzaldehyde C7H6O Click Here To Enlarge
Benzoic acid 8013-63-6 benzoic acid C7H6O2 Click Here To Enlarge
Benzyl alcohol 185532-71-2 phenylmethanol C7H8O Click Here To Enlarge
Catechin 5323-80-8 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)chroman-3,5,7-tri
ol
C15H14O6 Click Here To Enlarge
Citric acid Not Available 2-hydroxypropane-1,2
,3-tricarboxylic
acid
C6H8O7 Click Here To Enlarge
Creosol 93-51-6 2-methoxy-4-methyl-p
henol
C8H10O2
Eugenol 97-53-0 2-methoxy-4-prop-2-e
nyl-phenol
C10H12O2 Click Here To Enlarge
Furfural Not Available furan-2-carbaldehyde C5H4O2 Click Here To Enlarge
Guaiacol 90-05-1 2-methoxyphenol C7H8O2 Click Here To Enlarge
Isobutyric acid 996-30-5 isobutyric acid C4H8O2
Malic acid Not Available 2-hydroxybutanedioic
acid
C4H6O5 Click Here To Enlarge
Naphthalene 91-20-3 Naphthalene C10H8 Click Here To Enlarge
Octanoic acid 764-71-6 octanoic acid C8H16O2
Oxalic acid 553-91-3 Oxalic acid C2H2O4 Click Here To Enlarge
P-cresol 72269-62-6 4-methylphenol C7H8O Click Here To Enlarge
Protocatechuic acid 5417-95-8 N,N-diethyl-N'-(2,4,
8,9-tetrazabicyclo[4
.3.0]nona-2,4,7,10-t
etraen-5-y l)propan
e-1,3-diamine
C12H20N6
Protocatechualdehyde 139-85-5 3,4-dihydroxybenzald
ehyde
C7H6O3
Tannin 1401-55-4 Not Available C27H22O18 Click Here To Enlarge
Vanillic acid Not Available 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-
benzoic acid
C8H8O4 Click Here To Enlarge
Vanillin 8014-42-4 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-
benzaldehyde
C8H8O3 Click Here To Enlarge
Vanillyl alcohol 498-00-0 4-(hydroxymethyl)-2-
methoxy-phenol
C8H10O3
Piperonal 5281-13-0 5-[bis[2-(2-butoxyet
hoxy)ethoxy]methyl]b
enzo[1,3]dioxole
C24H40O8

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

Vanilla fruits are used to reduce or cure fevers, spasms and caries. It exhilarates the brain, prevents sleep and increases muscular energy. Useful, in infusion, in hysteria, rheumatism, and low forms of fever.

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