Vanilla. Coloured historical artwork of a vanilla plant (Vanilla sp.) in flower. The plant's fleshy fruit, the pod (far right), is the source of vanil

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Vanilla. Coloured historical artwork of a vanilla plant (Vanilla sp.) in flower. The plant's fleshy fruit, the pod (far right), is the source of vanilla extract. This substance is used as a scent and a food flavouring. The artwork is from a German encyclopaedia called the Bilder-Atlas that was published in 1860.

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Size: 3000px × 3687px
Photo credit: © SHEILA TERRY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: angiosperms, biological, biology, botanical, botany, burren, eire, fern, flora, flower, flowering, flowers, hartss, ireland, irish, limestone, nature, pavement, petals, plant, rocks, rocky, rosacea, saxifraga, saxifrage, ssp., tongue, wild, wildflower, wildflowers