Bixa Orellana
Title
Bixa Orellana
Subject
Bixa Orellana, the plant used in production of achiote oil
Description
This is a reproduction of a drawing of Bixa Orellana by Salvador Rizo Blanco for Real Jardin Botanico: Dibujos de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada (1783-1816), directed by J.C. Mutis. One of the purposes of Mutis's project was to gather botanical data about the new plants being discovered, allowing for identification of these plants and knowledge about the usefulness of any of these plants. In the case of Bixa Orellana, one such use has come to be achiote oil.
Creator
Salvador Rizo Blanco
Source
-http://www.rjb.csic.es/icones/mutis/paginas/
-Real Jardin Botanico: Dibujos de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada (1783-1816), dirigida por J.C. Mutis
-Real Jardin Botanico: Dibujos de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada (1783-1816), dirigida por J.C. Mutis
-Tracing by Ellen Jennings of image of Bixa Orellana found on the website http://www.rjb.csic.es/icones/mutis/paginas/
Publisher
Real Jardín Botánico (CSIC)
Date
The Real Jardin Botanico: Dibujos de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada (1783-1816), dirigida por J.C. Mutis was produced over the years of 1783-1816
Contributor
J. C. Mutis
Patrick Jennings
Rights
http://www.rjb.csic.es/icones/mutis/paginas/comocitarrecurso.php
Relation
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Format
The image from The Real Jardin Botanico: Dibujos de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada (1783-1816), dirigida por J.C. Mutis was traced by Ellen Jennings and scanned onto the computer. It is a JPEG file, 2048 pixels wide by 2048 pixels long.
Language
Spanish
Type
Botany
Identifier
[no text]
Coverage
[no text]
Original Format
Drawing
Physical Dimensions
54.6 cm by 37.9 cm
Files
Citation
Salvador Rizo Blanco, “Bixa Orellana,” Food origins, accessed February 16, 2025, https://tenochtitlan.omeka.net/items/show/63.