Vanilla moonii Thwaites

Vanilla moonii

Native records: 1 botanical areas

Sri Lanka

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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

Distribution last verified: August 1, 2026

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A climber of wet tropical climates. Native to Sri Lanka.

This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.

Distribution areas

Sri Lanka
- Sri LankaNative

Climate of the native range

The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.

Aw Tropical, savannah
Af Tropical, rainforest
Am Tropical, monsoon

The same climate occurs in 121 areas worldwide, 120 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map

A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Vanilla

Other species in Vanilla

Vanilla madagascariensisMadagascar Vanilla
Vanilla marmoreisense
Vanilla marowynensis
Vanilla methonica
Vanilla mexicanaMexican Vanilla
Vanilla montana
Vanilla nigerica
Vanilla norashikiniana
Vanilla ochyrae
Vanilla odorata
Vanilla organensis
Vanilla oroana

Sources

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Sri Lanka · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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Image information

Photograph of Vanilla moonii
Alston, A. H. G.; Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Trimen, Henry · Public domain · File page