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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Bixa orellana

Common Name
Achote, Uruku, Beni-No-Ki, Orleanstrauch, Bija, Roucou, Roucoyer, Roucouyer, Onoto, Achiotl

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Antidote Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Antidote Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Antidote Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Aphrodisiac Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Colombia *
Astringent French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Burn Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Burn Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Cancer Paraguay Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Coloring Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Cordial Elsewhere *
Cosmetic Elsewhere *
Cosmetic Panama(Cuna) *
Cosmetic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Depurative Hawaii *
Diabetes Trinidad *