"Vanilla pods (Vanilla planifolia), Reunion, France, Africa"

"Love-in-a-mist or Ragged Lady (Nigella damascena), seed pods"

Seed pods, Common Ivy (Hedera helix), Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia), pods, Nosy Be, Madagascar, Africa

Cardamom pods on a spoon

"Common Thorn Apple, Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium), seed pod, Europe"

"Seed pod of a Lotus flower (Nelumbo), Bavaria, Germany, Europe"

Gewurzvanille oder Echte Vanille (Vanilla planifolia) auf Plantage, Insel La Digue, Seychellen, Afrika

Coco de mer (Lodoicea maldivica) seed pod, Vallee de Mai National Park, Praslin Island, Seychelles, Africa

"Seed pod of the lotus flower (Nelumbo) with one remaining petal, Botanical Gardens, Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe"

Vanilla Beans (Vanilla planifolia) on the bush, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

Pea germinated in pod ( Pisum sativum)

A variety of fruits and vegetables

Antique Botanical Illustration of Vanilla (hand-colored copper engraving)., c. 1781

Antique Botanical Illustration of Vanilla (color printed and hand-finished engraving).,1737-45

Cross section of soil showing a tree with its roots.

Vanilla seed pods