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Bixaceae (from the genus Bixa, a name of South American origin). Bixa Family. Fig. 40. Trees or shrubs: leaves alternate, simple or compound: flowers unisexual or bisexual, regular; senate 4-5, imbricated; petals 4—5, large and colored, imbricated and twisted in the bud; stamens numerous; anthers opening by slits, or rarely by pores (Bixa), hypogynous; carpels 1 to several, united; ovary 1-celled, with 1 to several parietal placenta;, or falsely 3-celled; seeds many, with endosperm: fruit fleshy or dry, indehiscent or valvular, in Bixa large and bristly-prickly all over.

Bixaceae (from the genus Bixa, a name of South American origin). Bixa Family. Fig. 40. Trees or shrubs: leaves alternate, simple or compound: flowers unisexual or bisexual, regular; senate 4-5, imbricated; petals 4—5, large and colored, imbricated and twisted in the bud; stamens numerous; anthers opening by slits, or rarely by pores (Bixa), hypogynous; carpels 1 to several, united; ovary 1-celled, with 1 to several parietal placenta;, or falsely 3-celled; seeds many, with endosperm: fruit fleshy or dry, indehiscent or valvular, in Bixa large and bristly-prickly all over.

Bixa Orellana furnishes the coloring matter known as “anatto," extracted from the pulp around the seeds, which is much used to give butter a rich yellow color and is also used in dyeing silks. The Caribbeans formerly tatooed themselves with this dye in order, it is said, to prevent mosquito-bites. The wood is very soft and serves only for tinder; the roots are aromatic and have been used to color and flavor soups. Maximilianea Gossypium furnishes a substitute for gum tragacanth in farther India.

Bixa Orellana furnishes the coloring matter known as “anatto," extracted from the pulp around the seeds, which is much used to give butter a rich yellow color and is also used in dyeing silks. The Caribbeans formerly tatooed themselves with this dye in order, it is said, to prevent mosquito-bites. The wood is very soft and serves only for tinder; the roots are aromatic and have been used to color and flavor soups. Maximilianea Gossypium furnishes a substitute for gum tragacanth in farther India.

Bixa Orellana is in cultivation in the West Indies, where it is grown for the fruit. Several other genera in the American trade, which were formerly included in the Bixaceae, are now placed by Warburg in the Flacourtiaceae.

Bixa Orellana is in cultivation in the West Indies, where it is grown for the fruit. Several other genera in the American trade, which were formerly included in the Bixaceae, are now placed by Warburg in the Flacourtiaceae.{{SCH}}

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Under the Cronquist system, it was traditionally placed in the order [[Violales]]. However, newer arrangements move it, with some other families previously in the Violales families, into the [[Malvales]].{{wp}}

 

Bixaceae includes 3 genera and a total of 25 species, although ''Cochlospermum'' is sometimes placed into its own family, [[Cochlospermaceae]].{{wp}}

''[[Amoreuxia]]'' ([[yellowshow]])<br/>

''[[Amoreuxia]]'' ([[yellowshow]])<br/>

''[[Bixa]]'' ([[achiote]])<br/>

''[[Bixa]]'' ([[achiote]])<br/>

''[[Cochlospermum]]''

''[[Cochlospermum]]''

'''Bixaceae''', or the '''achiote family''', is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[dicotyledon]]ous [[plant]]s. Under the Cronquist system, it was traditionally placed in the order [[Violales]]. However, newer arrangements move it, with some other families previously in the Violales families, into the [[Malvales]].

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Bixaceae includes 3 genera and a total of 25 species, although ''Cochlospermum'' is sometimes placed into its own family, [[Cochlospermaceae]]. The best-known of the species in this family is the source of [[annatto]], the [[achiote]], which belongs to the type genus of the family.

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Although small, this family has the diversity within to include [[tree]]s, [[herb]]s and [[shrub]]s. The plants are [[hermaphrodite|bisexual]], and all species have five [[sepal]]s. All plants within the Bixaceae produce a red, orange or yellow [[latex]].

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

== External links ==

==External links==

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/bixaceae.htm Bixaceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] http://delta-intkey.com

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[[Category:Malvales]]

[[Category:Malvales]]