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BIXA orellana
Lip-stick Tree
Family: Bixaceae
Characteristics: Shrub or samll tree 3-9 m
Seeds per packets: 25
An attractive colourful shrub or small tree with large heart shaped leaves and pink and white flowers that are borne throughout summer.
Clusters of bristly red fruit that persist on the branches long after the seed has dropped.
Typically seen as a spreading shrub to 3m in cultivation.
Native to the West Indies and to South America where can grow to 9m in it's native habitat althought it is more commonly seed as a spreading shrub to 3m in cultivation.
Prefers a moist moderately fertile soil soil with good drainage in full sun or partial shade.
Importing to Tasmania Prohibited