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Manihot esculenta

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Crantz

Common Names

• Cassava
• Yúca
• Yúca Brava
• Yúca (Dominican Republic)
• Yuca Dulce (Costa Rica)
• Shku (Cabécara)
• Ari (Bribrí)
• Unkah (Brunka)
• Ik (Térraba)
• Ili (Bribrí)
• Ali (Bribrí)
• Shko (Cabécara)
• Shku (Estrella)
• Tátzica (Tucurrique)
• Crosho (Térraba)
• Li (Talamanca)
• Ung-cah (Boruca)
• Iya (Guatuso)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Slender erect shrub sometimes climbing with elongate tubers to 1m long. Leaves 3-7 parted to 170mm x 50mm, glabrous or minutely puberulent on nerves beneath. Few-flowered lax axillary racemes or panicles with deciduous bracts, male & female flowers, 5-parted dirty-yellow glabrous calyx 10mm long, male to 5mm long, female to 10mm long. Capsule to 16mm long with 6 crenate wings.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• FOTA
• SAFIO
• Standley
• Kew