The fruit with the intense red heart: Onoto.🌱

The popular onoto in Venezuela and in other Latin American countries is called bija or bixa or bixa orellana in Colombia, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, axiote or achiote or achote in Mexico and Peru, and urucú or pumacoa in Brazil, it is the seed that comes from the fruit of the achiote tree native to the Amazon. It is also known in other languages ​​as roucou in French, annatto in English, and Annattostrauch in German.

The onoto comes from the annatto fruit, which when ripening opens in two and is then the perfect time to collect and extract its seeds. These seeds are collected and immediately dried.

It is not only used in the edible part, in our kitchens but also has excellent medicinal properties. It is used against headaches, neuralgia, irritation, asthma, inflammations, excoriations, dysne.

They use the ground seed to treat measles, smallpox, stomach ailments, kidney diseases, dysentery and febrifuge, astringent and slight purgative.The pulpo si usted un buena and blisters.

The leaves act against sore throats, respiratory conditions, kidney pain, skin and vaginal inflammations, fever, hypertension, blood vomiting, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, angina, abscess, headache, skin infections and conjunctivitis. This tree is magical in every way, it gives color to your food and flavor and also provides relief from multiple ailments of the human being. So you already know this information.

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