Common name
English: Annatto, Lipstick Tree
German: Achiote, Annato, Orleanbaum, Urucum
Mandarin: 红木 (hong mu)
Portuguese: Urucum
English: Annatto, Lipstick Tree
German: Achiote, Annato, Orleanbaum, Urucum
Mandarin: 红木 (hong mu)
Portuguese: Urucum
Kingdom: Plantae (2512)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2411)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2042)
Order: Violales (60)
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
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