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Bixa orellana L. Bixaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Andes

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Bixa acuminata Bojer; Bixa americana Poir.; Bixa odorata Ruiz & Pav. ex. G. Don.; Bixa orellana fo. leiocarpa (Kuntze) J.F. Macbr.; Bixa orellana var. leiocarpa (Kuntze) Standl. & L.O. Williams; Bixa platycarpa Ruiz & Pav. ex. G. Don.; Bixa tinctoria Salisb.; Bixa upatensis Ram. Goyena; Bixa urucurana Willd.; Orellana americana Kuntze; Orellana americana var. leiocarpa Kuntze; Orellana orellana (L.) Kuntze

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Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Bussmann, R.W., Romero, C. (2020). Bixa orellana L. Bixaceae. In: Paniagua-Zambrana, N., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Andes. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28933-1_39

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