Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Collector(s)

    W. L. Balée 1577 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; 2.5m. Reddish branches; young stems, green; greenish-white leaf nerves; white root. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 195442

    Occurrence ID: a131ef0e-a2e2-4472-b5ca-569d9c8300f3

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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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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN \>3
Institute of Economic Botany
PLANTS OF BRAZIL - State of Para 2/
1577	Euphorbiaceae
Manihot esculenta
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
00195442
Municfpio de Viseu? basin of the Rio Gurupi;
Tembe Indian Reserve; 6km SSW of F.U.N.A.I.
Post Caninde.
-	Swidden.
-	Shrub; 2.5m. Reddish branches; young stems,
green;greenish-white leaf nerves; white root,
n.v.: mandi'i-pitang
-	"red manioc"; the tuber is edible.
Inventory voucher# CG40
W.L. Balee & B.G. Ribeiro - 16 August 1985
Funds for fieldwork generously provided by
the Edward John Noble Foundation.
00195442