Achiote Study
Balenbouche Estate, St. Lucia

A soft focus study of the foliage of an achiote tree, locally known as the lipstick tree.  Native to tropical South America and the West Indies, the small tree produces seeds which are the source of the natural dye annatto, used to color butter and cheese yellow or orange.  

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