Vanilla

Mill.
Source: 
SSA
Description: 
Lianas, creeping in bushes and trees. Stems usually terete, occasionally succulent. Leaves cauline, spaced and oblong-elliptical to broadly ovate, rarely 0. Inflorescences short racemes, rarely branched, normally axillary, with few to many large flowers, white to green. Sepals and petals free, petals often keeled on dorsal surface. Lip funnel-shaped, usually with lamellae and hairs. Gynostemium elongate; anther operculate, incumbent; stigma in cavity under rostellum. Capsule linear, often very long. x= 16 (aneuploids, polyploidy).
Distribution: 
Species +/- 100, throughout the tropics of the world; 1 in KwaZulu-Natal: Vanilla roscheri Rchb.f.
Classification: 
ORCHIDACEAE

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