Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Collector(s)

    M. A. Utitiaj 29, 07 Aug 1986

  • Location

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

  • Habitat

    Arbusto de la huerta.

  • Description

    Haz y enves verde; raiz tuberosa; estambres amarillas. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 192205

    Occurrence ID: 22b93ade-7d2c-4c59-82de-18bc5f69f5d5

  • Local Name

    jirnan mama, manoic, 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 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

Y°*7?
BOTANICAL
Garde*4
00192205
REPORT ANY REIDENTIFICATION OF 7__________H
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
FLORA DEL ECUADOR
Recursos Botánicos del Bosque Tropical
A4a,htho-t"
MORONA SANTIAGO. El Centro Shuar Tiink; cerca
Gualaquiza and Bomboiza, 600m.
Arbusto de la huerta; haz y enves verde; raiz
tuberosa; estambres amarillas.
Shuar ñames:JIRNAN MAMA
Se calcula la cantidad de la rizoma lo que
desea y se pone la cantidad en la olla con
agua; se utiliza especialmente para hacer
chicha.
M. Angela Ut i t i aj RBAE029
7 Agosto 1986
00192205