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-'''Vanilla''' is also "a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor flavor] derived from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchid orchids] of the genus ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_%28genus%29 Vanilla]'', primarily from the Mexican species, '''flat-leaved vanilla''' (''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_planifolia V. planifolia]''). The word ''vanilla'', derived from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutive diminutive] of the Spanish word ''vaina'' (''vaina'' itself meaning sheath or pod), simply translates as little pod.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ackerman_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-Ackerman-1 [1]]</sup> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian Pre-Columbian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican Mesoamerican] people cultivated the vine of the vanilla orchid, called ''tlilxochitl'' by the Aztecs, and Spanish conquistador [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s Hernán Cortés] is credited with introducing both vanilla and chocolate to Europe in the 1520s.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nashville_2-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-nashville-2 [2]]</sup>
-Initial attempts to cultivate vanilla outside Mexico and Central America proved futile because of the symbiotic relationship between the vanilla orchid and its natural pollinator, the local species of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melipona Melipona]'' bee.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup> Pollination is required to set the fruit from which the flavoring is derived. In 1837, Belgian botanist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fran%C3%A7ois_Antoine_Morren Charles François Antoine Morren] discovered this fact and pioneered a method of artificially pollinating the plant. The method proved financially unworkable and was not deployed commercially.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-hazen_3-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-hazen-3 [3]]</sup> In 1841, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Albius Edmond Albius], a slave who lived on the French island of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9union Réunion] in the Indian Ocean, discovered at the age of 12 that the plant could be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-pollination hand-pollinated]. Hand-pollination allowed global cultivation of the plant.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-silvercloud_4-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-silvercloud-4 [4]]</sup>
-Three major [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specie species] of vanilla currently are grown globally, all of which derive from a species originally found in Mesoamerica, including parts of modern-day [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico Mexico].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-5 [5]]</sup> The various subspecies are ''Vanilla planifolia'' (syn. ''V. fragrans''), grown on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar Madagascar], Réunion, and other tropical areas along the Indian Ocean; ''V. tahitensis'', grown in the South Pacific; and ''V. pompona'', found in the West Indies, and Central and South America.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-6 [6]]</sup> The majority of the world's vanilla is the ''V. planifolia'' species, more commonly known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_vanilla Bourbon vanilla] (after the former name of Réunion, Île Bourbon) or '''Madagascar vanilla''', which is produced in Madagascar and neighboring islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean, and in Indonesia.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rodelle_7-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-Rodelle-7 [7]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nielson-massey_8-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-nielson-massey-8 [8]]</sup> ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptotes_bicolor Leptotes bicolor]'' is used in the same way in South America.
-Vanilla is the second most expensive spice after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron saffron],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-9 [9]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Parthasarathy_10-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-Parthasarathy-10 [10]]</sup> because growing the vanilla seed pods is labor-intensive.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Parthasarathy_10-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-Parthasarathy-10 [10]]</sup> Despite the expense, vanilla is highly valued for its flavor, which author Frederic Rosengarten, Jr. described in ''The Book of Spices'' as "pure, spicy, and delicate" and its complex floral aroma depicted as a "peculiar bouquet".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#cite_note-11 [11]]</sup> As a result, vanilla is widely used in both commercial and domestic baking, perfume manufacture and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatherapy aromatherapy]."
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