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'''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|Lower fever}}, {{Uses|Improves digestion}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Vomiting during pregnancy}}, {{Uses|Throat infections}}, {{Uses|Muscular ache}}, {{Uses|Fevers}}, {{Uses|Colic}}.<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
Bixa orellana L. has been traditionally used in Central and South America to treat a number of ailments, including internal inflammation, and in other tropical countries like Malaysia as treatment for gastric ulcers and stomach discomfort.<ref name="chemical compositionChemical Composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Sindhuri|en=Lipstick tree, Annatto|gu=Sinduri|hi=Latkan|kn=ರಂಗುಮಾಲೆ Rangumaale|ks=|ml=Kurannumannal|mr=Sendri|pa=|ta=Sappiravirai|te=Japhara}}.<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
===Flower===
{{Flower|||||Flowering season is June to January}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||||||Fruiting season is June to January}}
===Other features===
==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"/>
==Season to grow==
==Required Ecosystem/Climate==
Bixa orellana requires a frost-free, warm, humid climate and a sunny location.<ref name="Required Ecosystem/Climate"/>
==Kind of soil needed==
Preferring a moist, but well-drained neutral or slightly alkaline soil in a sunny position.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Coastal and inland thickets}}, {{Commonly seen|Tropical forests}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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0097jfSabang Orellana Caingin Pantubig San Rafael Roads Bulacanfvf 02.JPG
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical compositionChemical Composition">[https://bmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6882-13-32 Chemical constituents]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[Morphology]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Bixa+orellana Cultivation]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lipstick%20Tree.html#:~:text=Bixa%20orellana%20%2D%20Lipstick%20Tree&text=This%20plant%20stands%20alone%20in,prominently%20appear%20above%20the%20foliage. Common names]</ref><ref name="Required Ecosystem/Climate">[https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Bixa_orellana_(PROTA) Required Ecosystem/Climate]</ref>
<ref name="LeafKarnataka Medicinal Plants">["morphologyKarnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2"]by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.609, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru. </ref>
</references>
