Bixa

  • Filed As

    Bixaceae
    Bixa

  • Collector(s)

    R. Arvigo 237, 18 May 1989

  • Location

    Belize. Cayo. Vaca Pleateau.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02697688

    Occurrence ID: 9c30c243-a355-4152-b942-225b69a57c60

  • Related Publications

    [Book] Balick, Michael J. & Arvigo, Rosita. 2015. Messages from the gods: a guide to the useful plants of Belize. xii + 539 pp.
    Notes: p. 232, 233

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malvales

  • Family

    Bixaceae

  • All Determinations

    Bixa

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BOTANICAL
The New York Botanical Garden
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY
Medicinal Flora of Belize Project
BIXACEAE
Bixa
Vaca Plateau. 18°85’N, 89°0<f’W. Rare.
Tree to 6m with gray bark; leaves thin, papery,
firs red; fruit red, maturing thorny and brown.
n.v.: Achote [Spanish].
USE: Antipyretic {leaves, fruits» roots). Prepared variously:
sake bed of leaves and fruits? drink infusion of Ivs
and fruits; grind root into spice
iple codes: 237
barkÍQ65S-707-G);S37c root Í708-H)
NCI Sanple codes: 237 Ivs+fr<Q65S-700-W);E37a 5tem(-701-X);B37b
Rosita Arvigo 237
with Gregory Shropshin
May 18, 1989
Fieldwork supported by the National Cancer Institute and the
U.S. Agency for International Developsent
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