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  • 2 Ariary 2003, KM# 30, Madagascar
  • 2 Ariary 2003, KM# 30, Madagascar
Obverse

Depicts a vanilla plant surrounded by the inscription, date below.

Vanilla, the vanilla orchids, forms a flowering plant genus of about 110 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The most widely known member is the flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia), native to Mexico, from which commercial vanilla flavoring is derived. It is the only orchid widely used for industrial purposes in flavoring such products as foods, beverages and cosmetics, and is recognized as the most popular aroma and flavor. The key constituent imparting its popular characteristics is the phenolic aldehyde, vanillin.

The genus was established in 1754 by Plumier, based on J. Miller. The word vanilla, derived from the diminutive of the Spanish word vaina (vaina itself meaning sheath or pod), simply translates as little pod.

BANKY FOIBEN'I MADAGASIKARA
• 2003 •

Reverse

Value within horns of zebu head above sprigs.

A zebu (Bos primigenius indicus or Bos indicus or Bos taurus indicus), sometimes known as indicine cattle or humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in South Asia. Zebu are characterised by a fatty hump on their shoulders, a large dewlap, and sometimes drooping ears. They are well adapted to withstanding high temperatures, and are farmed throughout the tropical countries, both as pure zebu and as hybrids with taurine cattle, the other main type of domestic cattle. Zebu are used as draught and riding animals, dairy cattle, and beef cattle, as well as for byproducts such as hides and dung for fuel and manure. Zebu, namely miniature zebu, are kept as companion animals.

ariary
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ARIARY ROA

Edge

2 Ariary

Third Republic
KM# 30
Characteristics
Material Copper Plated Steel
Weight 3.23 g
Diameter 21 mm
Thickness 1.48 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin

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