✿Bixaceae · Bixa
Latkan / Lipstick Tree
Bixa orellana
Also known as Butter-Seed Tree, Arnatto Tree
TreeoutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh & 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, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram
- 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
Lipstick Tree (Bixa orellana) is a tree belonging to the Bixaceae family (Bixa Or Achioty Family). It is typically found in cultivated. Native to Tropical America, it is distributed across Tropics of the World. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during June-February. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Botanical family
Bixaceae
Bixa Or Achioty Family
Latkan belongs to the Bixaceae family.
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