Manihot esculenta Crantz

Manihot esculenta Crantz

EUPHORBIACEAE

- Spurge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Manihot esculenta Crantz

Nomencl. ref.: Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 167. 1766
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Cassava

English name: Brazilian arrowroot

English name: cassava

Spanish name: yuca

Italian name: Manioca o tapioca

German name: Maniok

Grown habit: Subshrub, Shrub, Forb/herb, Tree
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Janipha manihot (L.) Kunth
= Jatropha manihot L.
= Manihot aipi Pohl
= Manihot dulcis (J.F. Gmel.) Pax
= Manihot manihot (L.) Cockerell
= Manihot melanobasis Müll. Arg.
= Manihot utilissima Pohl

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Manihot
Species:

Page counter: 1127 ( AVG: 223.16 / 292.376 )

Gallery:

Manihot esculenta
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Roma, Orto Botanico dell'Università di Roma , Roma, Lazio, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Leaves and fruit at Maui Grown Market Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Manihot esculenta
Habit at Maui Grown Market Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Manihot esculenta
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Manihot esculenta
Variegata at Kula Experiment Station, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Manihot esculenta
Leaves at Wailua, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Manihot esculenta
Habit at Wailua, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, FL, HI, MS, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Distributional map for Manihot esculenta Crantz
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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Manihot glaziovii Müll. Arg. [931]
2) Manihot manihot (L.) Cockerell [196]
3) Manihot melanobasis Müll. Arg. [192]
4) Manihot saxicola Lanj. [173]
5) Manihot utilissima Pohl [479]
6) Manilkara bahamensis (Baker) H.J. Lam & A. Meeuse [153]
7) Manilkara nitida (Sessé & Moc.) Dubard [154]
8) Manisuris altissima (Poir.) Hitchc. [182]
9) Manisuris tessellata (Steud.) Scribn. [198]
10) Marantochloa flexuosa (Benth.) Hutch. [140]

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