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Used to flavour Ice cream and other things such as Cakes. Found in Aztec times.
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What type of flower does vanilla come from?
Vanilla grows as a vine and produces few flowers, one flower produces one fruit which is a seed pod from which the flavour is obtained
Prized for their distinctive flavor vanilla beans are the fruit of a rare type of what flower?
C: Orchid
Is vanilla made out of beaver pee?
Vanilla is not made out of beaver pee. It is made from the fruit of an orchid flower. The notion that vanilla is made from beaver pee is both disgusting and absurd.
Does vanilla belong to the orchid or olive family?
Vanilla belongs to the orchid family.
What is the scientific name for the vanilla-orchid?
Vanilla planifola
Is a vanilla bean a fruit?
Yes, anything that is part of a fruiting body (it is a seed pod) is considered a fruit. It is a legume fruit. Vanilla pods are the ovary of an Orchid, this makes them botanically fruits. (Orchids are not legumes but the terms pod and bean are used for both legumes and vanilla thus causing confusion.) In cooking vanilla is a spice. The definition of the term "fruit" is somewhat different in cooking and botany.
What is orchid fruit?
Orchid fruit is the seed pod created by an orchid
Is vanilla a fruit or vegetable?
Yes. Vanilla is derived from the beans contained in the seed pods of orchids (making it the only fruit bearing member of the orchid family) of the genus Vanilla which was originally native to Mexico. Vanilla planifola, Vanilla tahensis, and Vanilla pompona are the three major variants and are grown around the world in Madagascar, Reunion, etc (Bourbon Islands), Tahiti & other South Pacific Islands, ans Central/South America, respectively. Madagascar (Bourbon) vanilla beans are most commonly used for the vanilla extract you see at the grocers
What spice do you get from the tropical orchid?
I don't think you could caterogize this as a spice, but the orchid produces vanilla bean.
What fruit comes from a vannila plant?
Vanilla planifola, Vanilla tahensis, and Vanilla pompona are the three major variants of the Vanilla orchid and are grown around the world in Madagascar, Reunion, etc (Bourbon Islands), Tahiti & other South Pacific Islands, ans Central/South America, respectively.
What plant is used in vanilla esence?
An orchid called Vanilla
Can you grow a vanilla orchid from a store bought vanilla bean?
NO
