Bixaceae: The Bixaceae family (Bixacea) is a small family of dicotyledonous plants. They are small trees, shrubs or herbaceous plants, with colored sap, some adapted to arid zones, widely distributed in tropical regions. The genus Bixa includes 4 species of small trees or shrubs native to Central America and the Caribbean. An orange food coloring is extracted: annatto yellow. The best known is the annatto (Bixa orellana). The Diegodend species ...
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