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- hard sauce - Contains butter and sugar, with brandy, rum, or vanilla.
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| Noun | 1. | vanilla - any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors genus Vanilla - large genus of tropical climbing orchids; Old and New Worlds vanilla orchid, Vanilla planifolia - a climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America |
| 2. | vanilla - a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans) flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts vanilla bean - long bean-like fruit; seeds are used as flavoring | |
| 3. | vanilla - a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans sapidity, savor, savour, smack, flavor, flavour, nip, relish, tang - the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | |
| Adj. | 1. | vanilla - flavored with vanilla extract; 'he liked vanilla ice cream' |
| 2. | vanilla - plain and without any extras or adornments; 'the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond'; 'the basic car is known as the vanilla version' plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; 'plain food'; 'stuck to the plain facts'; 'a plain blue suit'; 'a plain rectangular brick building' |
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| Vanilla Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Recent 109–0 Ma[citation needed] | |
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| Flat-leaved vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Vanilloideae |
| Tribe: | Vanilleae |
| Genus: | Vanilla Plumier ex Mill., 1754 |
| Species | |
see List of Vanilla species | |
| Green: Distribution of Vanilla species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Vanilla, the vanilla orchids, forms a flowering plantgenus of about 110 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The most widely known member is the flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia), native to Mexico, from which commercial vanilla flavoring is derived. It is the only orchid widely used for industrial purposes in flavoring such products as foods, beverages and cosmetics, and is recognized as the most popular aroma and flavor.[2] The key constituent imparting its popular characteristics is the phenolic aldehyde, vanillin.[3]
This evergreen genus occurs worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions, from tropical America to tropical Asia, New Guinea and West Africa.[1] Five species are known from the contiguous United States, all limited to southern Florida.[4]
The genus was established in 1754 by Plumier, based on J. Miller. The word vanilla, derived from the diminutive of the Spanish word vaina (vaina itself meaning sheath or pod), simply translates as little pod.
Description[edit]
This genus of vine-like plants has a monopodial climbing habitus. They can form long thin stems with a length of more than 35 m, with alternate leaves spread along their length. The short, oblong, dark green leaves of Vanilla are thick and leathery, even fleshy in some species. But there are also a significant number of species that have their leaves reduced to scales or have become nearly or totally leafless and appear to use their green climbing stems for photosynthesis. Long and strong aerial roots grow from each node.
The racemoseinflorescence's short-lived flowers arise successively on short peduncles from the leaf axils or scales. There may be up to 100 flowers on a single raceme, but usually no less than 20. The flowers are quite large and attractive with white, green, greenish yellow or cream colors. The flowers' sepals and petals are similar. The lip is tubular-shaped and surrounds the long, bristly column, opening up, as the bell of a trumpet, at its apex. The anther is at the top of the column and hangs over the stigma, separated by the rostellum. Most Vanilla flowers have a sweet scent.
Blooming occurs only when the flowers are fully grown. Each flower opens up in the morning and closes late in the afternoon on the same day, never to reopen. If pollination has not occurred meanwhile, it will be shed. The flowers are self-fertile, but need pollinators to perform this task. In the Neotropics, the flowers were historically presumed to be pollinated by stingless bees (e.g. Melipona) or hummingbirds, but this was never confirmed; the only actual documented pollination (i.e., producing seed set) is recorded for an orchid bee, Eulaema meriana, visiting Vanilla grandiflora in Peru,[5] and pollinia of Vanilla species have been observed attached to other species of Eulaema in Panama.[6]Hand pollination is the most reliable method in commercially grown vanilla.[7] Vanilla plantations require trees for the orchids to climb and anchor by its roots.[7]
The fruit is termed 'vanilla bean', though true beans are fabaceouseudicots not at all closely related to orchids. Rather, the vanilla fruit is technically an elongate, fleshy and later dehiscentcapsule 10–20 cm long. It ripens gradually for 8 to 9 months after flowering, eventually turning black in color and giving off a strong aroma. Each pod contains thousands of minute seeds, and both the pods and seeds within are used to create vanilla flavoring. Vanilla beans are harvested by hand from commercial orchards.[7]
Vanilla species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, such as the woolly bear mothsHypercompe eridanus and H. icasia. Off-season or when abandoned, they may serve as habitat for animals of open forest, e.g. on the Comoros for Robert Mertens's day gecko (Phelsuma robertmertensi).
Selected species[edit]
The taxonomy of the genus Vanilla is complex.[8]
see List of Vanilla species
This is a partial list of species or synonyms:
- Vanilla aphyllaBlume – Leafless vanilla
- Vanilla barbellata – Small bearded vanilla, wormvine orchid, 'leafless vanilla'
- Vanilla chamissonisKlotzsch – Chamisso's vanilla
- Vanilla claviculata – Green withe
- Vanilla dilloniana – Dillon's vanilla, 'leafless vanilla'
- Vanilla edwallii – Edwall's vanilla
- Vanilla mexicanaMill. – Mexican vanilla
- Vanilla odorataC.Presl – Inflated vanilla
- Vanilla phaeantha – Leafy vanilla
- Vanilla piliferaHolttum
- Vanilla planifoliaAndrews – Flat-leaved vanilla, Tahitian vanilla, 'West Indian vanilla'
- Vanilla poitaei – Poiteau's vanilla
- Vanilla pomponaSchiede – Pompona vanilla, Guadeloupe vanilla, 'West Indian vanilla'
- Vanilla siamensis – Thai vanilla
- Vanilla walkeriae[9]
Aroma and flavor[edit]
Regarded as the world's most popular aroma and flavor,[10] vanilla contains the phenolic aldehyde, vanillin, as well as anisaldehyde, together accounting for its predominant sensory characteristics.[3] Vanilla is a widely used aroma and flavor compound for foods, beverages and cosmetics,[2][10] as indicated by its popularity as an ice cream flavor.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew'. kew.org.
- ^ abSinha, A. K.; Sharma, U. K.; Sharma, N (2008). 'A comprehensive review on vanilla flavor: Extraction, isolation and quantification of vanillin and others constituents'. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 59 (4): 299–326. doi:10.1080/09687630701539350. PMID17886091. S2CID37559260.
- ^ abTakahashi M, Inai Y, Miyazawa N, Kurobayashi Y, Fujita A (2013). 'Identification of the key odorants in Tahitian cured vanilla beans (Vanilla tahitensis) by GC-MS and an aroma extract dilution analysis'. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 77 (3): 601–5. doi:10.1271/bbb.120840. PMID23470766. S2CID39521387.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^'Vanilla in Flora of North America @ efloras.org'. efloras.org.
- ^Lubinsky P, Van Dam M, Van Dam A (2006) Pollination of Vanilla and evolution in Orchidaceae. Lindleyana. 75:926–929
- ^Ackerman, J.D. 1983. Specificity and mutual dependency of the orchid–euglossine bee interaction. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 20:301–314
- ^ abcMauseth, James (2016). Botany: An Introduction To Plant Biology, 6th edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 656. ISBN978-1284123586.
- ^Bory, Séverine; Michel Grisoni; Marie-France Duval; Pascale Besse (July 21, 2007). 'Biodiversity and preservation of vanilla: present state of knowledge'. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. Springer Netherlands. 55 (4): 551–571. doi:10.1007/s10722-007-9260-3. ISSN1573-5109. S2CID34673230.
- ^'GRIN Species Records of Vanilla'. Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ abRain, Patricia (2004). Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Most Popular Flavor and Fragrance. Tarcher. ISBN9781585423637.
- ^'Vanilla remains top ice cream flavor with Americans'. International Dairy Foods Association, Washington, DC. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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