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Bixa orellana L.
Lipsticktree

Bixa orellana
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Family: Bixaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South America; widely cultivated and sometimes naturalized.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Bixa orellana
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Bixa orellana
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Bixa orellana
Copyright by: Magha García Medina; Agrandar.