Bixa orellana (Lipstick tree) - Video 1
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Botanical name: Bixa orellana
Common names: Lipstick tree, Annatto, Achiote
Family: Bixaceae
Origin: Tropical South America
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Bixa orellana
hese delicate, pinkish-white blooms with soft petals give way to spiky seed pods filled with bright red seeds, which are the source of the natural dye and spice known as annatto.
hese delicate, pinkish-white blooms with soft petals give way to spiky seed pods filled with bright red seeds, which are the source of the natural dye and spice known as annatto.
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Lipstick tree, Annato. This erect shrub with large, glossy green, prominently veined leaves that can become a small tree several feet tall. It is grown as a garden ornamental less for its pale pink flowers, which last only one day, than for its highly decorative two-valved seed pods, covered with soft, deep red hairs.
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