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Euphorbiaceae

Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Acalypheae

Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Plukenetieae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Aleuritideae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Codiaeae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Jatropheae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Manihoteae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Micrandreae

Subfamily Euphorbioideae
Tribe Euphorbieae

W/C = Wild Collected
Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • 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]

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198700212
  • Source: Lyon Arboretum
  • Accession Date: 01-01-1987
  • Bench: 1323 - NEO:Amazonia A
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-03-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Euphorbiaceae
  • SubFamily: Crotonoideae
  • Tribe: Manihoteae
  • SubTribe:
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