Accession Data
Manihot esculenta
Common Name: Yuca, Bitter Cassava, Manioc, Tapioca
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Country of Origin: W. South America to Brazil
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]
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 8-11
Accession #: 198700212
Accession Date: 1987-01-01 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3309
Quantity: 2
Source: Lyon Arboretum
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: eurosid I
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
SubFamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Manihoteae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, August 12, 2016.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, August 12, 2016.
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