Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
| Home | > | List of cultivated families | > | Bixaceae |
Bixaceae - Bixa family
Wild, H. (1960) Bixaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1)
Description of the family
Shrubs or small trees. Latex coloured. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple. Inflorescence a terminal corymb or panicle. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic. Sepals 4-5. Petals 4-7, free. Stamens numerous. Ovary superior, 1-locular. Style 1; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit densely bristly. Seeds with a fleshy testa, dotted with red glands. Worldwide: 3 genera and 16 species, tropical. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated genus and 1 cultivated taxon. |
|
Links to cultivated genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Bixa L. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Bixaceae:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: BixaceaeFlora of the DRC: Bixaceae
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Bixaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Bixaceae
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Bixaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): BixaceaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Bixaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Bixaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Bixaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Bixaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bixaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Bixaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Bixaceae
Wikipedia: Bixaceae
Plants of the World Online: Bixaceae
Tropicos: Bixaceae
| Home | > | List of cultivated families | > | Bixaceae |