Steinmetz:Vanilla
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Vanilla fragrans (planifolia)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Orchidadeae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- tropical America
- West Indies
- Mexico
- Java
- Ceylon
- Tahiti
- Madagascar
- Reunion (Bourbon)
- Mauritius and other tropical countries
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- vanillin
- vanillic acid and other acids
- fixed oil
- sugar
- mucilage
- resin
- wax
- tannin
- gum
- Tahiti Vanilla however contains no vanillin
- but the dangerous ingredient piperonal.
- Action
- flavouring agent
- carminative
- antispasmodic
- aphrodisiac
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