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Vanilla somae is a species of Vanilla native to the forests of Taiwan, northern Vietnam and Laos. The scientific names Vanilla albida and Vanilla griffithii are sometimes misapplied to this species, but they are actually three different species.
From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Vanilla somae being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Vanilla planifolia
- Rhaphidophora hongkongensis
- Vanilla mexicana
- Vanilla phaeantha
- Vanilla pompona
- Pothos chinensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Vanilla
- Species
- Vanilla somae
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