Euphorbiaceae

Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Acalypheae

• Acalypha hispida
• Acalypha repens
• Acalypha wilkesiana `Macafeana'

Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Plukenetieae

• Dalechampia roezliana

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Aleuritideae

• Aleurites moluccana
• Garcia nutans

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Codiaeae

• Codiaeum variegatum

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Jatropheae

• Jatropha gossypiifolia var. gossypiifolia
• Jatropha podagrica

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Manihoteae

• Manihot esculenta

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Micrandreae

• Hevea brasiliensis

Subfamily Euphorbioideae
Tribe Euphorbieae

• Euphorbia abyssinica
• Euphorbia aeruginosa
• Euphorbia aeruginosa
• Euphorbia canariensis
• Euphorbia caputmedusae
• Euphorbia cf. submammillaris
• Euphorbia clandestina
• Euphorbia decaryi var. decaryi
• Euphorbia enterophora ssp. enterophora
• Euphorbia globosa
• Euphorbia greenwayi var. greenwayi
• Euphorbia guiengola
• Euphorbia lactea
• Euphorbia leuconeura
• Euphorbia mamillaris fa. variegata
• Euphorbia mammillaris
• Euphorbia milii var. splendens
• Euphorbia neriifolia
• Euphorbia obesa
• Euphorbia obesa ssp. obesa
• Euphorbia platyclada var. platyclada
• Euphorbia polygona cv. 'Snowflake'
• Euphorbia stenoclada ssp. stenoclada
• Euphorbia susannae
• Euphorbia tetracanthoides
• Euphorbia tirucalli
• Euphorbia trigona
• Euphorbia unidentified
• Euphorbia unidentified
• Euphorbia unidentified
• Euphorbia virosa ssp. virosa
• Monadenium reflexum
• Monadenium ritchiei ssp. ritchiei
• Pedilanthus macrocarpus "Candelilla"
• Synadenium compactum var. compactum
• Synadenium compactum var. rubrum

• Query IPNI
• Common Name: Yuca, Bitter Cassava, Manioc, Tapioca
• Family: Euphorbiaceae Juss.

• Country of Origin: Brazil
• Habitat:

• Description: A bushy herb or shrub from Brazil, with long tuberous edible roots. There are two varieties, the sweet one, whose roots may be eaten raw, and the bitter one, whose roots contain much prussic acid which is destroyed by cooking. The flavor of both is good when cooked. The Latins cook it with olive oil and garlic. The roots are used as potatoes and as a flour-like thickener. The tapioca used in pudding is the starch of this plant root.

  [Thai: dang noi, man sum palung, pearks sakhoo]