Common name
English: Annatto, Lipstick Tree
German: Achiote, Annato, Orleanbaum, Urucum
Mandarin: 红木 (hong mu)
Portuguese: Urucum
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2597)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)
Order: Violales (38)
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)
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub, tree
Flower colour: pink, white
External links
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
Literature
- [9] Schütt, P., Schuk, H.J., Stimm (2002): Lexikon der Baum- und Straucharten. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.