Bixa orellana

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Family Bixaceae

Taxonomy: Bixa orellana L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (31). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 57 records in 6 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 50 mm (50-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 155 mm (70-240 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 100 mm (40-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 8.25 cm (4.5-12 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
pollination_system (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 8 m (8-8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_2021	25	31	J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
ABRS_2023	15	19	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_2023	1	1	R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.