Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Bixa orellana Linn.

Family: Bixaceae Genus: Bixa Species: Bixa orellana Linn.
( सिंदूरी, लटकन )

Habit

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Bark

Synonym Bixa acuminataBixa americana Flower Color Red - Pink
Common Name Sinduri Flower Type Panicle
English / Trade Name Lipstick tree, Annatto, Arnatto Flowering Period Oct-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name Sinduri, Latkan Fruiting Period Jan-March
Altitude Up to 1500m Fruit Type Capsule
Habit Shrub Fruit Details Fruit a capsule subglobose or ovoid, slightly laterally compressed, usually densely purple-brown spiny, rarely smooth.; seeds numerous, red-brown, obovoid-angular.
Habitat Cultivated Bark Type Smooth
Distribution Native to tropical America; cultivated pantropically Bark Details Smooth grey bark
Distribution in Haryana Gurgaon, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar Origin Exotic
    Leaf Type Simple
    Leaf Arrangement Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
    Leaf Shape Ovate
Description of Species Shrubs or small trees, up to 8 m tall. Bark smooth. Leaf cordate-ovate or triangular-ovate, base rounded or subtruncate, sometimes slightly cordate, margin entire, apex acuminate. Flower a panicles, robust, often flat-topped, densely red-brown scaly and glandular hairy; bracts caduceus; calyxs obovate, densely red-brown scaly, with glands at base; corolla bright pink, obovate; stamens many; anthers yellow, apically dehiscent. Fruit a capsule subglobose or ovoid, slightly laterally compressed, usually densely purple-brown spiny, rarely smooth.; seeds numerous, red-brown, obovoid-angular. Leaf Details Shrubs or small trees, up to 8 m tall. Bark smooth. Leaf cordate-ovate or triangular-ovate, base rounded or subtruncate, sometimes slightly cordate, margin entire, apex acuminate
 

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