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The most recent (2006) numbers I could find show that 6,200 tonnes of vanilla were produced in Madagascar accounting for approximately 59% of the worlds' crop

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The best conditions for the plant to grow are found there

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Q: Why is vanilla grown in Madagascar?
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Where is Madagascar vanilla grown?

in dirt


Where are most the worlds vanilla beans grown?

in madagascar


Where are most of the worlds vanilla beans grown?

in madagascar


Where in Canada is vanilla?

Vanilla is a tropical plant; I don't believe that it can be grown outdoors in Canada. It is primarily grown in central America, in Indonesia and in Madagascar.


What are the 3 main crops grown in Madagascar?

Coffee Vanilla and Rice


Where is 80 percent of the world's vanilla bean used for ice cream grown?

Madagascar


What are the two types of vanilla vines used to make vanilla products?

The two species of vanilla vine used to make vanilla products are: # Vanilla Planifolia - most common of the two species. Most commonly grown in Indonesia, Mexico and Madagascar # Vanilla Tahitensis - only grown in Tahiti and Papua New Guinea


What foods are grown in Madagascar?

The main crop is rice. Other important food crops are cassava, sweet potatoes, potatoes, maize, beans, bananas, and peanuts. Leading crops for export are vanilla, coffee, cloves, sugarcane, cotton, sisal, and tropical fruits.


Which type of flowers produce vanilla pods?

Vanilla is extracted from the beans contained in the seed pod of Vanilla Orchids. 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.


What is a Tlilxochitl vine?

Tlilxochitl is a species of Vanilla orchid (Vanilla tlilxochitl) also know as Mexican 'bourbon' vanilla. It is a close relative to vanilla planifola, the vanilla orchid grown in Madagascar. The vanilla genera are the only orchids known to have eddible pods. The plants naturally grow in a vine on trees in shady forests.


Where do vanilla pods come from?

Vanilla is derived from 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, and Central/South America, respectively. Madagascar (Bourbon) vanilla beans are most commonly used for the vanilla extract you see at the grocers a vanilla tree!


What is a vanilla bean?

Vanilla beans are 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