Bixa orellana L., Sp. Pl. 512 1753. (syn. Bixa acuminata Bojer [Invalid]; Bixa americana Poir.; Bixa katangensis Delpierre; Bixa odorata Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don; Bixa orellana var. leiocarpa (Kuntze) Standl. & L.O.Williams; Bixa orellana f. leiocarpa (Kuntze) J.F.Macbr.; Bixa orleana Noronha [Spelling variant]; Bixa purpurea Sweet; Bixa tinctaria Salisb.; Bixa upatensis Ram.Goyena; Orellana americana (Poir.) Kuntze; Orellana americana var. leiocarpa Kuntze; Orellana orellana (L.) Kuntze);
Achiote, Aploppas, pimentao doce, Shendari, Lipstick tree, Annatto, Arnatto • Hindi: लटकन Latkan • Manipuri: উৰৈৰোম Ureirom • Kannada: Rangamali • Tamil: Sappiravirai • Oriya: Lotkons • Bengali: Latkan • Malayalam: Kurannumannal • Marathi: सेंदरी Sendri • Gujarati: सिंदूरी Sinduri • Assamese: Jolandhar;
efloraindia: 240911 BRS 45: Pl. find the attached file contain photo for.id. request. and also confirm is it Bixa orellana or hybrid or sub sp. Because the seed outer cover is green colour, where as B.O. reddish organe. Date/Time-Location- 23.09.2011, NBNP Garden Place, Altitude, GPS- ANaikatti, 640 MSL, Coimbatore Dist., Habitat- Garden Plant Habit- Tree Flowers Size/ Colour- White Size Seeds- Outer coat green colour. I think Bixa orellana only It may have green fruits pls see http://www.plantsystematics.org/imgs/robbin/r/Bixaceae_Bixa_orellana_... Yes, Bixa orellana L. of Bixaceae family. BIXA ORELLANA: Attaching two images of Bixa orellana. This plant is known as Arnotto or Antto dye tree. I saw is plant for the first time in Indian Institute of science campus in Bangalore. That campus is very rich in floral diversity. Next time i saw this plant at Tezpur ( Assam ).T his is what Dr Venkatesh say about this plant.
"Arnotto tree has long been under cultivation in India and is sometimes found naturalized in this country. It is a small size tree. The flowers are showy. It's fruit capsules are reddish brown in colour and are covered with prickles. From coloured seed coats is obtained a yellow dye which is good for colouring cheese and butter. This species is very common in Bangalore and Mysore. On the right side of the entrance gate to Mysore Palace (near main road), a row of these plants can be seen.
Bixa orellana ? :: 10/03/12 :: Bolpur (WB) SK-3:
I photographed this small tree in Santiniketan (Bolpur, Birbhum) in December, 2009. A google search with the string ‘red echinus fruit / red spiny fruit’ gave me this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixa_orellana) wikipedia link that i think is the ID of this plant. Species : Bixa orellana L. ??? Type : garden tree (small) at Visva-Bharati campus Date : 05-Dec-2009, 2.24 p.m. Place : Santiniketan, Bolpur (Birbhum District), WB ID help : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixa_orellana This is fruiting ...Flowering seems to be over. Yes Bixa orellana Flora of Haryana: Bixa orellana from TDL Herbal Park Yamunanagar: A small Bixa orellana from TDL Herbal Park Yamunanagar Edible colour is produced from this.... Yes this plant yields edible dyes I am also attaching mine pics of the same from same place. Some more pics from same place efloraindia: 191111 BRS177: Sharing the images of Bixa Orellana, from NBNP, Anaikatti, Coimbatore Habitat: Garden Habit: Tree Yes Nice pictures of Bixa orellana. Family : Bixaceae ID- brown spiky fruits?: Been seeing this small tree in many parts of Bangalore Date: Feb 5, 2012 Location: Da Costa Layout, Cox Town, Bangalore The ripe fruits and leaves suggest Bixa orellana, just a guess... Agree with Dr. ... This is Bixa orellana. Thanks so much. I read up about Bixa Orellana- quite fascinating how this has travelled here from the Americas. Will try to get a fruit, break it open and see the seeds- I understand these are used to dye food products. Bixa seed pods opened to show innards: These Bixa seed pods seed pods are quite dry in ... thread , the innards may look something like in my attached first picture. Compare that to the fresh ones... last two... I have seen even more fresh ones that are more pulpy and slimy pulp around the seeds when ( I guess) a little younger... pics are from a local Herbal garden grown in 2008. https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/0PptRXcQ9SQ I.D 240612 NJ1: The plant is from Goa. kindly help identify Help in ID please: Please help me in identifying these shrubs from forests of Assam. The picture labelled Shrub 2 seems to be Bixa orellana, Family: Bixaceae. ... is right in identifying second picture as Bixa orellana.. Plant identification: For Identification. Place: Near Shillong, Meghalaya in Oct. yes, Bixa orellana.. annatto dye plant organic lipstick maker love this color Bixa orellana : Attachments (1 + 2). 4 posts by 4 authors.
Lovely...... Sindoori Plant Lovely picture. Here is the picture of the Fruit and its seed. Flower id request (x-11) : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Requesting id for this flower. It is most likely garden / ornamental flower (picture taken near Kaas in late Sep, 2012). Should be Bixa orellana the Annatto dye plant.. Ex-situ Silviculture : Bixa orellana L. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6). Just very beautiful ! Hope to record its flower one day. A small cultivated tree seen at Maharashtra Nature Park. Id please looks like Bixa orellana Can be Bixa orellana.. TSPNOV2015-68: Images of Bixa orellana (Bixaceae) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) It is my pleasure to share few images of Bixa orellana (Bixaceae) Habit: Large shrub-Tree. Habitat: Cultivated Sighting: Chikmagalur and Tumkur, Karnataka, about 1000 and 800 msl respectively. Date: 22-09-2014,13-10-2014, 20-10-2014,26-06-2015 and 08-07-2015 Thank you for showing the beautiful images. The plant sometimes escapes from cultivation. Thanks in turn... I do agree that it has escaped in certain areas. I have come across specimen growing at places where it could not have been planted. Fwd: BIXA ORELLANA : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) attaching two images of fruits of Bixa orellana (ANNATTO TREE) Bixa orellana L. : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Location: Kolkata, India Date: 8 September 2017 Fwd: SYNBIOSIS : 984 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Blank Swift visiting flowers of Bixa orellana(annatto tree) Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 985 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Hornet visiting flowers of Bixa orellana (ANNATTO TREE). Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 986 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Bee visiting flowers of Bixa orellana (ANNATTO TREE). Please help identify. : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Saw it growing in Poona. Bixa orelana.. Flower for Id - ID26112017SH2 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Flower for Id pl. Date - October 2013Location - Sanchi - ( Madhya Pradesh) Bixa again. Bixa orellana :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 08 APR 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 3 images. Dattaji Salvi Udyan Thane Date: April 8, 2018 ... Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl Bixa orellana L. References:
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