Botanical Family · Malvales
Bixaceae
Bixa Or Achioty Family
1 speciesOrder Malvales1+ well-known plants
The Bixaceae family (Bixa Or Achioty Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Malvales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a tree. Several members are valued in traditional medicine.
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Large, heart-shaped alternate leaves on shrubs and small trees; showy pink or white flowers with numerous stamens ripen into a bristly, spine-covered capsule packed with seeds coated in a bright red-orange, waxy pigment.
The vivid red-orange pigment (bixin) coating the seeds is the natural dye annatto, used worldwide to colour cheese, butter, and processed foods a warm orange-yellow.
Notable members
All 1 species in BIXACEAE
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