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Urucum

Bixa orellana

Bixa orellana is a perennial, tall shrub that can reach 6–10 m (20–33 ft) high. It bears clusters of 5 cm (2 in) bright white or pink flowers, resembling single wild roses, that appear at the tips of the branches.

(PDF) Traditional Uses, Chemical Constituents, and

Bixa orellana L., popularly known as “urucum,” has been used by indigenous communities in Brazil and other tropical countries for several biological applications, which indicates its potential use as an active ingredient in pharmaceutical products.

urucum Wiktionary

Martius found most dressed in bits of clothing, their hair wildly tangled and their faces dyed red with urucum. 2012, Daniel Everett, Language: The Cultural Tool, Profile 2013, p. 122: They paint them, or at least parts of them, with urucum (reddish) plant dye or even their own blood if there are no urucum plants nearby.

URUCUM Florien

de Urucum é preparado, a partir do pericarpo das sementes em suspensão oleosa, com óleo vegetal comestível, assim utilizado na indústria cosmética para a preparação de filtros solares. Referências Bibliográficas ALONSO J. Tratado de Fitofármacos y Neutracéuticos, 1°ed, Argentina, 2004.

(PDF) Crescimento e maturação dos frutos e sementes de urucum

Este experimento foi conduzido em um sistema multiextratado em Manaus as com a finalidade de estudar o crescimento e a maturação de frutos e de sementes de urucum (Bixa orellana L.).