Bixa orellana L.

English: Annatto, Lipstick Tree

German: Achiote, Annato, Orleanbaum, Urucum

Mandarin: 红木 (hong mu)

Portuguese: Urucum

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Violales (37)

        Family: Bixaceae (2)(family description)

          Genus: Bixa (1)

            Epithet: orellana L. (1)

orellana => in reference to Maranhão, Brazil (formerly Orelhana named after Francisco de Orellana [c. 1500 - c. 1549] a Spanish explorer and conquistador)

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub, tree

Flower colour: pink, white

Check for Bixa orellana at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [199] Bixa orellana - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1232] Bixa - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1517] Bixa orellana - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [9] Schütt, P., Schuk, H.J., Stimm (2002): Lexikon der Baum- und Straucharten. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.