madagascar is the top vanilla producer in the world.
madagascar is the top vanilla producer in the world.
which country is the top vanilla producer in the world?
madagascar
réunion became for a time the world's largest supplier of vanilla. french colonists used albius' technique in madagascar to cultivate vanilla, and madagascar remains the world's chief vanilla producer.









































section::::later life.









































in 1848, france outlawed slavery in its colonies, and albius left the plantation for st. denis, where he worked as a kitchen servant. he was convicted of stealing jewellery and sentenced to ten years in prison, but the sentence was commuted after five years when the governor granted him clemency in light of his enormous contribution to vanilla production in réunion.
edmond albius
bullet::::- "vanilla barbellata" – small bearded vanilla, wormvine orchid, "leafless vanilla"









































bullet::::- "vanilla chamissonis" – chamisso's vanilla









































bullet::::- "vanilla claviculata" – green withe









































bullet::::- "vanilla dilloniana" – dillon's vanilla, "leafless vanilla"









































bullet::::- "vanilla edwallii" – edwall's vanilla









































bullet::::- "vanilla humblotii"









































bullet::::- "vanilla mexicana" – mexican vanilla









































bullet::::- "vanilla moonii"









































bullet::::- "vanilla odorata" – inflated vanilla









































bullet::::- "vanilla phaeantha" – leafy vanilla









































bullet::::- "vanilla pilifera"









































bullet::::- "vanilla planifolia" – flat-leaved vanilla, tahitian vanilla, "west indian vanilla"









































bullet::::- "vanilla poitaei" – poiteau's vanilla









































bullet::::- "vanilla polylepis"









































bullet::::- "vanilla pompona" – pompona vanilla, guadeloupe vanilla, "west indian vanilla"









































bullet::::- "vanilla raabii"
vanilla (genus)