Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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5249.000 Bixa
Description of the genus
Small tree, to 5 m. Leaves alternate, ovate; base cordate; apex acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Sepals 5. Petals 5, pink. Fruit a spiny ovoid capsule. Derivation of name: latinised version of the South American vernacular name for this tree. Worldwide: 1 species in tropical America. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
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| orellana L. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Bixa:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: BixaFlora of the DRC: Bixa
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Bixa
Flora of Mozambique: Bixa
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Bixa
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): BixaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Bixa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Bixa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Bixa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Bixa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bixa
JSTOR Plant Science: Bixa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Bixa
Plants of the World Online: Bixa
Tropicos: Bixa
Wikipedia: Bixa
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