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Bixa orellana

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{{stub}}[[File:0097jfSabang Orellana Caingin Pantubig San Rafael Roads Bulacanfvf 01.JPG|thumb|right]]'''Bixa orellana''' is a small but fairly fast-growing evergreen shrub or small tree. It grows from 2 - 8 metres tall. The bole can be 10 - 30cm in diameter. This is a plant that is very important to the lives of local people, providing as it does a very wide range of foods and materials.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Intestinal worms}}, {{Uses|Lowers fever}}, {{Uses|Improves digestion}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Vomiting during pregnancy}}, {{Uses|Throat infections}}, {{Uses|Muscular aches}}, {{Uses|Fevers}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|Colic}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
==Chemical Composition==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
 
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Evergreen tree}}
==Identification==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings in sand}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Annatto requires a frost-free, warm, humid climate. It can grow at elevations from sea level up to 2,200 metres in tropical to subtropical climates where a mean annual rainfall of 2,500 - 5,000mm is distributed throughout the year.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Coastal and inland thickets}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Tropical forests}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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</gallery>
<ref name="Leaf">["morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Bixa+orellana Cultivation"]</ref>
</references>

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