Indonesia

Variety of Vanilla · Vanilla planifolia

Savoury, smoky vanilla with earthy notes - affordable bulk product, popular in the extract and flavour industry.

Also known as: Indonesian vanilla, Java-Vanille, Indonesien-Vanille

🇮🇩 Indonesia

Taste & characteristics

sweetaromatic

Parentage: Vanilla planifolia, Anbauform Südostasiens (v. a. Java, Sulawesi, Bali)
Pollination: dioecious – separate male and female plants
Fruit weight: 3 g

Often firmer, more wiry pods with a smoky-earthy, less floral profile - a result of local climate and curing methods (partly fire-drying).

Tropical, year-round without a fixed Northern-Hemisphere season. Major volume supplier on the world market.

Origin form of V. planifolia, not a named clone. Second-largest producer after Madagascar.

Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Vanilla unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page

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