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Bixa
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Bixa

Bixa is a genus of plants in the family Bixaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, and South America, and naturalized in other places.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lipsticktree

speciesBixa orellana

Bixa urucurana

speciesBixa urucurana

Bixa arborea

speciesBixa arborea

Bixa atlantica

speciesBixa atlantica

Bixa excelsa

speciesBixa excelsa

Bixa platycarpa

speciesBixa platycarpa

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Bixa in A key to physic, and the occult sciences

A key to physic, and the occult sciences

Sibly, Ebenezer · 1810 · p.637

Bixa in Ten Books of Exotic Things

Ten Books of Exotic Things

Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.94

Bixa in Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.117

Bixa in De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica

De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica

Willem Piso · 1658 · p.161

Bixa in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 5 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 5 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.9

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 127679.