Tahiti vanilla

plant
Also known as: Vanilla tahitensis

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  • Vanilla pods
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    …or Bourbon vanilla (Vanilla planifolia), Tahiti vanilla (V. tahitensis), and occasionally West Indian vanilla (V. pompona); all three species are thought to be derived from a single species native to Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Vanilla had been used to flavor xocoatl, the chocolate beverage of

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