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Roucou is our local term for Annatto extract. Annatto is the seed of the fruit from the Achiote tree also known as Bixa Orellana which was the name given to the tree by the Spanish. However in Tupi or Tupian language which is a collection of languages spoken by the first peoples in South America, the seeds are known as Uruku. So essentially, the name roucou is the original name for the seed/plant and it is the name we use to refer to it by to this day. Annatto was used by the indigenous peoples