Bixaceae
Bixa Or Achioty Family
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.
To check whether a plant belongs to Bixaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
Learn the full family-identification methodNotable members
Families that can look similar
Malvaceae
Compare against Malvaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare MalvaceaeSterculiaceae
Compare against Sterculiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare SterculiaceaeTiliaceae
Compare against Tiliaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare TiliaceaeDipterocarpaceae
Compare against Dipterocarpaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare DipterocarpaceaeAll 1 species in BIXACEAE
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