Annatto (Lipstick Plant

Bixa orellana

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	10-12 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium
Physical characteristics
Height	5.0
Cultivation details
Layer	Trees
Growth	Fast
Uses
Utility	Dye, Essential Oil, Fencing, Fire starter, Gum, Hair, Hedgerow, Houseplant, Pest control, Plant support, Wind breaker, Soap making, Weaving material, Lumber
Edible	true
Edible parts	Seed
Edible uses	Colouring, Condiment, Gum, Tea
Names
Alternate name	Urucum, colorau, achiote ), borassus aethiopium, otherwise known as african fan palm, borassus palm, or african palmyra palm other names: bace, bazlawar, berembe, buane, buar, cibe, cibedje, cibo, daleib, deleb palm, delep, difundi, dube, dzova, edukanait, edukudukut, ekituugu, euda, goworo-ijhacoongo, kambili, katungo, makoma, mchapa, mhama, mkamu, mtapa, muhama, mukae, mupama, mvuma, mvumo, n'bene, ncora, ng'hama, opane, ope-okunkun, palmier-ronier, ron, ronier, thuwa, tugo, tugu, umbena, vumo, zambaba, zembaba
Taxonomy
Family	Bixaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Introduced into	Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Liberia, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zaïre, Zimbabwe
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Created: 2020-11-13 19:01:52 UTC
Last updated: 2025-05-28 20:40:38 UTC by andrew-haupt

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Annatto (Lipstick Plant

Bixa orellana

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