karásiika achiote or annato, species of small tree that grows to a [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Root	karásiika

• • achiote or annato, species of small tree that grows to a diameter of 20cm in Iquito territory, and produces prickly dark red seed pods. The seeds are covered with pasty reddish-orange flesh, which Iquitos, like many Amazonian peoples, traditionally used as a body pigment and to dye <kanuu> (‘chambira’ palm fiber). The leaves are also used to treat conjunctivitis by soaking them in water overnight, and dripping the resulting viscous liquid in the eyes of the sufferer

  Scientific Name

  Bixa orellana

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