Annatto Tree

Scientific name : Bixa orellana L.
Common name : Annatto Tree.
Wong : BIXACEAE.

Other names: the rambutan the lever to Kingdom of Thailand the triplet term Yong Cha hit that pigs orange crab ( Khmer - Surin o) Chad (south) town soured ( nevertheless ) do physical inventory on show (north), Mak at (. Tai Long - Hong ) .

Botanical characteristics : woody plant , little tree 3-8 m tall woody plant cover is thick spherical record . Branches , leaves because the leaves ar sorted out around the base of the leaves rounded oval leaves sharp edges swish or slightly wavy inexperienced leaves ar swish, soft and shiny red . Leaves ar 11-18 cm long and 8-10 cm wide red flowers set a bouquet of flowers at the ends of branches , flowers with 5-10 petals long oval . White touched pink or lightweight pink . Vice floral leaf flowers with little inexperienced flowers with 5 petals ar soft , spherical red skin with several stamens . Gaysorn is that the initial feminine within the initial channel contains a heap of eggs, soft fruit may be a triangular tip . Similar dense hairs , scarlet fruits . the correct hemisphere within the split has 2 little spherical seeds . Hazel lot . episperm meat with red or orange .
Part used: seeds, flowers, leaves, bark, roots, episperm texture .

Properties .
Seed

•  A blood-red pigment substances Bixin.
• Use color because the type of cakes , butter fat frozen dessert.
•  accustomed dye cotton or silk in addition.

The World Health Organization set a ** color extracted from achiote seeds , no more than zero.065 mg per one kilogram of weight sooner or later .

• Qualified as a light laxative , antipyretic , astringent, healing .

Flower

• Qualify as a blood tonic to cure anemia fretful burning skin .
• medicine uncommon twist astringent astringent remedy .

Leaves - the cure jaundice , raw throat, fever twist diuretic drug.
Seed coat texture - a laxative and a parasite . Cure skin diseases. foodstuff and butter.
Root bark - the opposed -malarial fever, fever and Venus's curse.