Bixa orellana L. - Bixaceae

General information
Catalog number	117969
Collector	SIN
Collector number	542
Observations	Observ. Campo : Tribal name Kofan tsanda kñña.Cultivated in village.Use:Source of red body-paint.Seeds are thrown into fire during a thrunder storm,Hence tsanda means thunder in Kofan.Fruit yellow twigs light yellow.Ethnobotanical and Ecological Studies in the Northwestern Amazon Basin. Observ. Generales:
Update date	Feb. 14, 2007
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Magnoliophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Violales
Family	Bixaceae
Genus	Bixa
Specific epithet	orellana
Author	L.
Determiner	SIN
Attributes
Phenology	flowering

General information