In 1841, Edmond Albius, a former slave on the French island of Réunion, perfected a practical method for hand - pollinating the flowers so that the bean could be produced. This led to the commercial cultivation of vanilla outside Mexico.
त्यामुळे १६ व्या शतकापासून १९ व्या शतकापर्यंत व्हनिलाच्या व्यापारावर एकट्या मेक्सिकोची मक्‍तेदारी होती.