Vanilla guianensis

Botanical Description

Vanilla guianensis is a succulent-stemmed, perennial climbing plant, producing a stem that can be 7 metres or more long. The plant grows into trees, supporting itself by means of aerial roots that are produced from the stem nodes. It is often epiphytic, or becomes epiphytic as the lower portion of the stem withers and dies. The pods are gathered from the wild and used as a food flavouring.