Will Watson / Achiote (Bixa orelliana) seed capsules, used to make the red dye annato for food colouring. Manabi Province, Ecuador, February

Pete Oxford / Achiote (Bixa orellana) fruit with seeds, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman with achiote face paint. She has the typical stretched ear lobes common amoung the Huaorani. They often wear balsa ear plugs. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, Jun...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Fruit of Urucu plant {Bixa orellana} Mamiraua res, Amazonas, Brazil

Daniel Gomez / Urucu / Annato / Achiote / Lipstick tree {Bixia orellana} flower, Brazil.

Daniel Gomez / Urucu / Annato / Achiote / Lipstick tree {Bixia orellana} seed pod. Brazil.

Pete Oxford / Colorado indian man with hair dyed with Achiote seeds, Ecuador, Santo Domingo de Los Colorados

Pete Oxford / Colorado indian holding Achiote seeds for decoration of hair, Ecuador, Santo Domingo de Los Colorados

Pete Oxford / Cofan indian painting face with achiote, Amazonia, Ecuador, 2004 mariana Aguinda Dureno community

Pete Oxford / Colorado indian man with hair dyed with Achiote seeds, Ecuador, Santo Domingo de Los Colorados

Pete Oxford / Colorado indian man dying hair with Achiote seeds, Ecuador, Santo Domingo de Los Colorados

Pete Oxford / Cofan indian lighting fire Amazonia, Ecuador 2004. Feather through nose mariana Aguinda

Pete Oxford / Colorado indian dying hair orange with Achiote seeds, Ecuador, Santo Domingo de Los Colorados

Pete Oxford / Campa indian painting her face with achiote, Lower Urubamba river, Amazonia, Peru

Pete Oxford / Campa indian painting her face with achiote plant dye, Lower Urubamba river, Amazonia, Peru