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Bixa orellana L.

Bixaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) NC Oceania (Mariana Islands, Palau) int SC Eurasia and Africa

SC SE

E[D]

hel hyg mes

cl dr (leaves applied to forehead for headache, leaves decoction gargle in mouth throat infection, roots decoction taken orally for asthma, macerated seed taken orally for fever, pulp surrounding seed astringent drink for dysentery and kidney infection, use in treating sores and burns and for dysentry) fd (dye from seeds for coloring rice, cheese and butter) fr fw ma (Amerindian warpaint, dye) pl (living fences) sa ti

Bixa acuminata Bojer Bixa americana Poir. Bixa catangensis Delpierre Bixa odorata Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don Bixa orellana Bedd. Bixa orellana (Kuntze) J.F.Macbr. Bixa orellana Wight Bixa orellana var. leiocarpa (Kuntze) Standl. & L.O.Williams Bixa orellana f. leiocarpa (Kuntze) J.F.Macbr. Bixa platycarpa Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don Bixa purpurea Sweet Bixa sphaerocarpa Triana Bixa tinctoria Salisb. Orellana americana Kuntze Orellana orellana (L.) Kuntze

anatto bixa; anatto (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); anatto-tree, anattotree, annato, annatto, arnatto; atta (Belize); lipstick bush (Puerto Rico); onoto (Guyana); roucou (Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands)

bixa roucouyer; achiot (French Guiana); chiote (Haiti); rocouyer (Côte d'Ivoire, Guadeloupe); roucou, roucouyer (Haiti)

achiote (Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); achiote caspi, achiote de monte (Peru); achiotillo (Guatemala); achote (Belize, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); anatto (Panama); annato (Belize, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico); annatto (Belize); annetto (Peru); annmatto (Belize); atta (Belize); bija (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); caituco (Venezuela); cuajachote (El Salvador); mugo-simu, onotillo (Venezuela); onoto (Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela); shamba huayo (Peru); shambu (Peru); urucú (Argentina)

açafroa, açafroeira-da-terra; achiote, achote, annatto (chamorro, Micronesia); annatto (italian); buek, búrek (palauan, Micronesia); cu-shèb (maya, Belize); ipiacu (shuar); koesoewee (Suriname); kuxub (maya, Belize); mandura (quichua); oox (chuj, Guatemala); orleana (italian); Orleansstrauch (german); ox (Guatemala); pan-sa (siona); potsotiníroqui (campa asháninca, Peru); rata kaha (Sri Lanka); rocú (italian); roucou (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); rucu (Netherlands Antilles); shi-yaè (maya, Belize); thidin (Myanmar); xayan (maya, Belize); xayau (quecchí, Guatemala)

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Latin name	Bixa orellana L.
Family	Bixaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) NC Oceania (Mariana Islands, Palau) int SC Eurasia and Africa
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg mes
Use	cl dr (leaves applied to forehead for headache, leaves decoction gargle in mouth throat infection, roots decoction taken orally for asthma, macerated seed taken orally for fever, pulp surrounding seed astringent drink for dysentery and kidney infection, use in treating sores and burns and for dysentry) fd (dye from seeds for coloring rice, cheese and butter) fr fw ma (Amerindian warpaint, dye) pl (living fences) sa ti
Synonym	Bixa acuminata Bojer Bixa americana Poir. Bixa catangensis Delpierre Bixa odorata Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don Bixa orellana Bedd. Bixa orellana (Kuntze) J.F.Macbr. Bixa orellana Wight Bixa orellana var. leiocarpa (Kuntze) Standl. & L.O.Williams Bixa orellana f. leiocarpa (Kuntze) J.F.Macbr. Bixa platycarpa Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don Bixa purpurea Sweet Bixa sphaerocarpa Triana Bixa tinctoria Salisb. Orellana americana Kuntze Orellana orellana (L.) Kuntze
English name	anatto bixa; anatto (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); anatto-tree, anattotree, annato, annatto, arnatto; atta (Belize); lipstick bush (Puerto Rico); onoto (Guyana); roucou (Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands)
French name	bixa roucouyer; achiot (French Guiana); chiote (Haiti); rocouyer (Côte d'Ivoire, Guadeloupe); roucou, roucouyer (Haiti)
Spanish name	achiote (Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); achiote caspi, achiote de monte (Peru); achiotillo (Guatemala); achote (Belize, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); anatto (Panama); annato (Belize, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico); annatto (Belize); annetto (Peru); annmatto (Belize); atta (Belize); bija (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); caituco (Venezuela); cuajachote (El Salvador); mugo-simu, onotillo (Venezuela); onoto (Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela); shamba huayo (Peru); shambu (Peru); urucú (Argentina)
Other name	açafroa, açafroeira-da-terra; achiote, achote, annatto (chamorro, Micronesia); annatto (italian); buek, búrek (palauan, Micronesia); cu-shèb (maya, Belize); ipiacu (shuar); koesoewee (Suriname); kuxub (maya, Belize); mandura (quichua); oox (chuj, Guatemala); orleana (italian); Orleansstrauch (german); ox (Guatemala); pan-sa (siona); potsotiníroqui (campa asháninca, Peru); rata kaha (Sri Lanka); rocú (italian); roucou (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); rucu (Netherlands Antilles); shi-yaè (maya, Belize); thidin (Myanmar); xayan (maya, Belize); xayau (quecchí, Guatemala)
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