Bixa orellana

Bixa orellana

Bixa orellana L.
Engl.: annatto, achiote, annotta, arnotta, lipstick tree, orellana, urucu.
Deu.: Annatto, Orellana, Orlean.
Span.: achiote, achiotillo.
Pharm.: flag annotta.
Bot. syn.: Bixa acuminata Bojer, Bixa americana Poiret, Bixa katangensis Delpierre., Bixa odorata Ruiz & Pav. ex G. Don., Bixa platycarpa Ruiz & Pav. ex G. Don., Bixa purpurea hort., Bixa tinctoria Salixb., Bixa upatensis Grosscurdy, Bixa urucurana Willd., Orellana americana Kuntze, Orellana orellana (L.) Kuntze.

Photo: Bixa orellana 1.

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Leaf. Rio de Janeiro bot.g., Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-13.

Photo: Bixa orellana 0.

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Smallish bush. Rio de Janeiro bot.g., Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-13.