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Uganda

Variety of Vanilla · Vanilla planifolia
Bold equatorial vanilla with very high vanillin content - a growing alternative to Madagascar thanks to two harvests a year.
Also known as: Ugandan vanilla, Uganda-Vanille
Edible value7Medicinal value3Other uses5
🇺🇬 UG

Taste & characteristics

Taste

sweetfloralaromatic

Profile

Parentage
Vanilla planifolia, äquatoriale Anbauform Ostafrikas
Pollination
dioecious – separate male and female plants
Fruit weight
3 g

Description

Fruit

Robust, dark pods, often with especially high vanillin; chocolatey, woody-rounded flavour notes.

Yield

Equatorial climate without a fixed season - Uganda allows two harvests per year. No fixed Northern-Hemisphere harvest month.

Notes

Origin form of V. planifolia, not a named clone. High share of A-grade pods.

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