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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}}.<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
===Flower===
{{Flower|||||Flowering season is June to January}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||||||Fruiting season is June to January}}
===Other features===
<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="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">"Karnataka 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>
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