Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Collector(s)

    M. A. Utitiaj 44, 09 Aug 1986

  • Location

    Ecuador. Morona Santiago. El centro Shiar Tiink; cerca Gualaquiza y Bomboiza.

  • Habitat

    Arbusto de la huerta.

  • Description

    Peciolo verde oscuro; raiz tuberosa. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 192208

    Occurrence ID: 22d02172-d24c-4e40-8e38-bf29b33d9906

  • Local Name

    kankusar mama, manoic, cassava

  • Language
    Shuar, Spanish, English
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Manihot esculenta Crantz det M. J. Huft, 1992

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    El centro Shiar Tiink; cerca Gualaquiza y Bomboiza

  • Elevation

    Alt. 600 m. (1969 ft.)

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    FOOD/FOOD ADDITIVES/BEVERAGES

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Food/Food Additives/Beverages)

  • Level 3 Use

    Comestible

  • Use Notes

    This is the most important cultivated Shuar plant, contributing the majority of their daily caloric intake.

  • Level 1 Use

    FOOD/FOOD ADDITIVES/BEVERAGES

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Food/Food Additives/Beverages)

  • Level 3 Use

    Beverage

  • Use Notes

    Considered especially good for chica

FLORA DEL ECUADOR	'!?
Recursos Botánicos del Bosque Tropical ^
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MORONA SANTIAGO. El Centro Shuar Tiink; cerca
Gualaquiza and Bomboiza, 600m.
Arbusto de la huerta; peciolo verde oscuro;
raiz tuberosa.
Shuar ñames:KANKUSAR MAMA
Se hierva el tubérculo en una olla grande con
mucha agua; es bueno especialmente para hacer
la chicha.
rtEPOfíT ANY REIDENTIFICATION OF TK’S VOUCHER
TO HE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
M. Angela Utitiaj RBAE044
9 Agosto 1986
00192208