- Family : BIXACEAE
(BIXA FAMILY or ACHIOTE FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Bixaceae
- Species : Bixa orellana
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bixa orellana L.
- Common name : Lipstick Tree, Butter-seed Tree, Arnatto Tree
- Vernacular name : Sandoori, Latkhan, Sindhoori (Hin.); Bangaara kaayi mara, Rangumaley, Kumkumipalada mara, Kesari mara (Kan.); Japhara (Tam.); Japhara, Jabra (Tel.); Sindoori, Sundri, Sakta, Gulbas (Ori.)
- Collection Nos : RRLB 6217
- Collector(s) Name : H.O Saxena & M. Brahmam
- Collection Date : 16/10/87
- Collection Locality : Harishankar, Gandhamardhan Hills, Bargarh district, Odisha
- Key identification features : A small tree, seen only in cultivation. Leaves are simple, alternate and large. Flowers light purple and are large (7 cm), attractive and occur in terminal racemes. Stamens numerous. Fruit is a bristly, many-seeded capsule. Grown as an ornamental.
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : June-February
- Native : Tropical America
- Comments : An exotic species, planted in gardens. Seeds are used for extracting a red dye.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : BGH, Odisha state
- World Distribution : Tropics of the World
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Bixa orellana. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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