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Bixa orellana

Bixa orellana L.  [Unverified Identification]


Family Bixaceae
Habit Shrub to small tree
Habitat Forest
Special Notes Seeds are tiny
Ethnobotanical Uses FOOD: used as food coloring;
Collected from Tey-tey, Bayabas, Sablan, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Collector(s) Rina Bernal, Eunice Brito, Xandria Marrero, Renato Rabanal, Christine Saac

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