Bixa arborea Huber

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Bixaceae > Bixa

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen tree. It grows 8.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rainforests, favouring the more open, secondary growth areas and the moister, deep, fertile soils that occur near rivers, on lower slopes etc, at elevations from sea level to 200 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses dye medicinal wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Bixa arborea world distribution map, present in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru

Conservation status

Bixa arborea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:33333-2
WFO ID wfo-0000342522
COL ID LY59
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 852961
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Synonyms

Bixa arborea