✿Bixaceae · Bixa
Latkan / Lipstick Tree
Bixa orellana
Also known as Butter-Seed Tree, Arnatto Tree
TreeoutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- June-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bixa orellana
- Genus
- Bixa
- Family
- Bixaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Tropics of the World
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Mizoram, Telangana, Gujarat, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Goa, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- लटकन Latkan,लटकन latakan
- Bengali
- Latkan, দইগোটা
- Tamil
- Sappiravirai, வருகமஞ்சள்
- Telugu
- జాఫ్రా
- Kannada
- ರಂಗುಮಾಲೆ Rangumaale, ರಂಗಮಲರ್ Ranga malar, ಅರನಟ್ಟು Aranattu
- Malayalam
- Kurannumannal, കുരങ്ങുമഞ്ഞൾ, Achiote
- Marathi
- सेंदरी Sendri, शेंदरी, केसरी
About Latkan
A member of the Bixaceae family, Lipstick Tree (Bixa orellana) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and 19 other states. It is cultivated. Flowering and fruiting run from June to February.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten.
Botanical family
Bixaceae
Bixa Or Achioty Family
Latkan belongs to the Bixaceae family.
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