Manihot esculenta Crantz
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Filed As
Euphorbiaceae
Manihot esculenta Crantz -
Collector(s)
G. Eiten 3857 with L. T. Eiten, 26 Mar 1962
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Location
Brazil. Maranhão. Lorêto Mun. "Ilha das Balsas" region, between the Rio das Balsas and Parnaíba. About 40 Km south of Lorêto. At place called "Picada", about 100 m south of creek, "Riacho da Picada".
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Habitat
Cultivated ground (formerly gallery forest). Black clayey soil with much humus.
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Description
shrub. Shrub 2 1/4m tall, with 4 pendant trunks with vertical branches. Pith at base of stem a translucent brownish-yellow. Bark at base a shiny reddish-brown. Branches light greenish-gray. Root (part harvested) almost ripe, 5 1/2 cm diam., 30cm long, with medium rich brown skin & a creamy white pulp. Middle of root a slightly darker tan.
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Notes (shown on label)
Cultivated cassava.
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Specimen Notes
[see duplicate sheet: NY barcode 1028441]
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 1028440
Occurrence ID: aed3c8fc-5132-4ec4-b704-505f5d64d1c8
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Malpighiales
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Family
Euphorbiaceae
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All Determinations
Manihot esculenta Crantz det Determiner unspecified
Note: ! D. J. Rogers & S. G. Appan, 1971
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Region
South America
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Country
Brazil
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State/Province
Maranhão
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County/Municipio
Lorêto Mun.
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Locality
"Ilha das Balsas" region, between the Rio das Balsas and Parnaíba. About 40 Km south of Lorêto. At place called "Picada", about 100 m south of creek, "Riacho da Picada".
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Coordinates
-7.43, -45.12
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Distribution
rnitm FLORA. OF BRAZIL STATE OF MARANHÀO fjl !*•§ . o’ * a ‘-?s O ft, e « S» Osi Manihot esculenta Crantz Municipio de Loreto: “Ilha de Balsas” region, between the Rios Balsas and Pamaiba. About UO km south of LORfiTO. ca.7° 26’S., 45°7 *w. At place called "Plead*", ca* 100 m. aouth of the creek, "Macho da Picada". 26 March 1962 Main vegetation types ot region: (1) “chapada”, a semi-dosed: tree woodland (or “cerrad&o”) on flat tops & steep sides of plateaus, — rtaay hilly .land, and on some areas of rolling or flat dry land; (2) "tabuleiro”, a semi-dosed woodland, or “cerrad&o”, of different physiognomy <fc species composition, on tops of billy or gently rolling land; (3) “mata”, a closed tropical forest of many tree speeies, usually with palms, in flat stream valleys and in or alongside of brook ravines & courses; (4) “caatinga”, a semi-open forest of few forest tree species on low moist flat land and in narrow valleys between “tabuleiro”-covered bills; (5) “var- j&o”, low moist flat land with scattered forest trees of one or a few species; (6) “cocal”, thick groves of baba$u palm on flat river plain of Bio Pamaiba and some of its tributary streams ^A-lAIJUvegetation types completely deciduous during dry season. All brooks intermittent Annual ground fired and cattle grassing in all areas. Part of “tabuleiro” cut over, forming treeless grassy areas; most “mata” and much “caatinga” 8c “varjfio” cultivated or abandoned, forming dense secondary vegetation of low trees Sc tall shrubs (“capoeira”); some areas of “chapada” with dense secondary vegetation (“carrasco”). Upland soils grayish, tan, or light reddish brown silt or silty clay, very stony on slopes; lowland soils mostly reddish brown to black silt loam, silty clay loam or day loam, without stones. Country rock horizontal light brown sandstone, exposed only on tops of morros and on cliffs along the Bio Pamaiba. This habitat: cultivated ground (formerly gallery forest)* Blacksoil with much humus. This nfis CULTIVATED cassava. Shrub 2 l/U *• tail, with 4 pendant trunks with vertical branches. Pith at ba8e of stem a translucent brownish-yellow. Bark at base a shiny reddish-brown. Branches light green- NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 01028440 ish-gray# Ifaoi (part harvested) almost ripe, 5 l/2 cm diam., 30 cm long, with medium rich brown skin & a creamy white pulp« Middle of root a slightly darker tan. leg. George Eiten & Liene T. Eiten, no. 3&57 Distributed by the Instituto de Bot&nica, Sfto Paulo 01028440
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Manihot esculenta Crantz