ISO 3493:1999 PDF

This International Standard defines the most commonly used terms relating to vanilla.

It is applicable to the following species of vanilla plants:

• Vanilla fragrans (Salisbury) Ames, syn. Vanilla planifolia Andrews, commercially known under various names associated with the geographical origin, such as Bourbon, Indonesia and Mexico;
• Vanilla tahitensis J.W. Moore; and
• certain forms obtained from seeds, possibly hybrids, of Vanilla fragrans (Salisbury) Ames.

It is not applicable to Vanilla pompona Schiede (Antilles vanilla).