Species culta tantum Bixa orellana e silvestri B. urucuranaWilld., in Amazonia endemica, domesticatam esse censetur.[4] Semina Bixae orellanae in locis archaeologicis reperiuntur Plum Piece insulae Sabae annis circiter 3 650 a.p. frequentato,[5]Caral in Peruvia inter annos 3 000 et 1 800 a.p., apud Calima in Columbia inter annos 1 310 et 700 a.p., in valle fluminis Peruaçu in Brasilia inter 1 010 et 570 a.p. Verbum sensu "pigmentum Bixae orellanae" in protolingua Maya, anno circiter 2 400 a.p. usitata, reconstructum est.[6]
↑J. R. Pagán–Jiménez, "Human–plant dynamics in the pre–colonial Antilles: A synthetic update" in W. F. Keegan, C. L. Hofman, R. R. Ramos, edd., The Oxford handbook of Caribbean archaeology (Novi Eboraci: Oxford University Press, 2013) pp. 391–406
↑C. H. Brown, "Development of agriculture in prehistoric Mesoamerica: the linguistic evidence" in J. E. Staller, M. D. Carrasco, edd., Pre–Columbian foodways: inter-disciplinary approaches to food, culture and markets in ancient Mesoamerica (Novi Eboraci: Springer, 2010) pp. 71–107; Rivera-Madrid et al. (2016)
1631 : Antonius Colmenero de Ledesma, Curioso tratado de la naturaleza y calidad del chocolate. Matriti (Textus apud Google Books);Marcus Aurelius Severinus Tarsensis, interpr., Chocolata inda: opusculum de qualitate et natura chocolatae. Sevilla, 1644 p. 12
1742 : Georgius Everhardus Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense (Amstelaedami: Chanquion, 1741-1750) vol. 2 p. 79 et tab. 19; cf. E. D. Merrill, An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense. Manilae: Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, 1917 p. 376
1925 : C. Kuntze, "Bixaceae: Orellana orellana, Orellana americana" in A. Engler, K. Prantl, edd., Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 2a ed. vol. 21 (Lipsiae: Engelmann, 1925) p. 315