Mexico

Variety of Vanilla · Vanilla planifolia

The original vanilla from its homeland: spicy-woody with a subtle bite, traditionally grown around Papantla (Veracruz).

Also known as: Mexican vanilla, Mexiko-Vanille, Papantla

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Taste & characteristics

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Parentage: Vanilla planifolia, Ursprungspopulation aus dem mesoamerikanischen Herkunftsgebiet
Pollination: dioecious – separate male and female plants
Fruit weight: 3 g

Pods with a spicy-woody, slightly pungent profile and clove-like hints. In the homeland pollination is still partly natural via native bees.

Subtropical-tropical, without a fixed Northern-Hemisphere season; today only small harvest volumes.

Origin/homeland form of V. planifolia (birthplace of the species). Small but genetically important population; not a single named clone.

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