Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Collector(s)

    W. L. Balée 1585 with B.G. Ribeiro, 16 Aug 1985

  • Location

    Brazil. Pará. Viseu Mun. Basin of the Rio Gurupi; Tembé Indian Reserve; 6 km SSW of F.U.N.A.I. Post Canindé.

  • Habitat

    Swidden.

  • Description

    Shrub of house garden; young stem, light purple; red petiole; white-pink leaf nerves. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 195436

    Occurrence ID: 2c6af943-c6f1-4feb-9d2b-4995eeaa7506

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Pará

  • County/Municipio

    Viseu Mun.

  • Locality

    Basin of the Rio Gurupi; Tembé Indian Reserve; 6 km SSW of F.U.N.A.I. Post Canindé

  • Coordinates

    -1.2, -46.1167

  • Georeferencing Method

    Other collections. Coordinates borrowed from another georeferenced specimen of the same locality, from Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (http://intermountainbiota.org/portal/collections/list.php?db%5B%5D=1&reset=1&county=Viseu, accessed: 12/12/2014).

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Euphorbiaceae
Manihot esculenta
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00195436
Municipio de Viseu; basin of the Rio Gurupi;
Tembe Indian Reserve; 6km SSW of F.U.N.A.I.
Post Caninde.
-	Swidden.
-	Shrub of house garden? young stem, light
purple? red petiole? white-pink leaf nerves,
n.v.: mandi'i-miri
-	"little manioc"? the tuber is edible.
re™yreidentification of this voucher
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
Inventory voucher# CG48
W.L. Balee & B.G. Ribeiro - 16 August 1985
Funds for fieldwork generously provided by
the Edward John Noble Foundation.
00195436