Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-655.21.16
Bixa orellana
English: Lipstick tree.
Names: Annotta, Arnotta, Orellana, Orleana; Aploppas; Tupi name urucu, annatto, bijol, pimentão doce; Nahuatl achiote (= shrub).
Spanish: Colourados.
Use: American Indians make body paint, dye, especially for the lips, hair, food products, cheeses, fish, salad oil.
Botany: America, pink flowers, bright red spiny fruits, dry and harden to brown capsules, red seeds.
Content: annatto, also called bixin.
Use: colour, flavour, nutrition, drugs.
DD: Chlorum.
Source: Müntz.
