Achiote
ರಂಗುಮಾಲೆलटकनவருகமஞ்சள்
Bixa orellana L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 4.6 m
- wide
- —
Bixaceae
Also called Lipsticktree
Formerly Bixa americana, Bixa katangensis, Bixa odorata, Bixa purpurea, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to S. Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Top Tropicals, one source
- Height
- 3.0 m to 6.1 mRead from Top Tropicals, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Top Tropicals, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from Top Tropicals, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from Top Tropicals, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 胭脂木, 红木
- Simplified Chinese
- 胭脂木, 红木
- Spanish
- Achiote, Bija
- Finnish
- Annatto
- French
- arbre à rouge à lèvre, roucou
- Hindi
- लटकन
- Tamil
- வருகமஞ்சள்
- Telugu
- జాఫ్రా
- Kannada
- ರಂಗುಮಾಲೆ
- Marathi
- सिंदूरी, केसरी, शेंदरी
- Bangla
- দইগোটা
- Malayalam
- കരങ്ങുമഞ്ഞൾ, കുപ്പമഞ്ഞൾ, കുരങ്ങുമഞ്ഞൾ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Top Tropicals, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Bixa orellana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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