Steinmetz:Bixa
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Bixa orellana
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Bixaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Brazil
- Venezuela
- cultivated in India
- Part(s) Used
- Semen Orleanae (the pulp of the seeds)
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- Constituent(s)
- Orlean = Annatto
- bixin (colouring matter)
- Action
- the orange-red colouring matter
- which surrounds the seed: astringent
- styptic
- colouring and dyeing agent. The seeds are sometimes substituted for the dried flowers of Carthamus tinctorius
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