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

 Bixa orellana (Bixaceae)

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Common name(s)
Achote; Uruku; Beni-No-Ki; Orleanstrauch; Bija; Roucou; Roucoyer; Roucouyer; Onoto; Achiotl

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Uses 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 Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Colombia *
Aphrodisiac Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
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 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.