Sprig of the anchiote tree, Bixa orellana. The flavoring and dye annatto is derived from its seeds. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, J. Johnson, London, 1813.

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