Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Collector(s)

    M. A. Utitiaj 28, 07 Aug 1986

  • Location

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

  • Description

    Arbusto; hoja morada; raiz tuberosa; el tallo es medio morado y tiene pocas ramas. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 192202

    Occurrence ID: 21b10220-135c-48cd-b4bb-ec0b84ac339b

  • Local Name

    yapa mama, manioc, cassava

  • Language
    Shuar, Spanish, English
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    El centro Shuar 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

    For making chicha

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MORONA SANTIAGO. El Centro Shuar Tiink; cerca
Gualaquiza and Bomboiza, 600m.
Arbusto; hoja morada; raiz tuberosa; el tallo
es medio morado y tiene pocas ramas.
Shuar names:YAPA MAMA
La rizoma tuberosa es comestible hervida,
Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
M. Angela Utitiaj RBAE028
7 Agosto 1986
orpOffí ANY REiDENTIFlCATION OF THIS VOUCHER
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
00192202