Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Collector(s)

    H. T. Beck 346, 7 Nov 1987

  • Location

    Brazil. Pará. Rio Mocoões. 1 km above Anajás. Terra firme forest clearing.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02431683

    Occurrence ID: 66a1f932-926c-4f4b-b725-47031bc76bfd

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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

  • Locality

    Rio Mocoões. 1 km above Anajás. Terra firme forest clearing.

  • Coordinates

    -0.966667, -49.9333

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PROGRAMA FLORA
The New York Botanical Garden
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
BECK 346
Manihot esculenta
EUPHORBIACEAE
BRAZIL, Pard. Rio Mocooes. 1 km above
Anajas. 00°58'S, 49°56'W. Terra firme
forest clearing.
2 m tall. 1 year old. Main trunk brown.
Corolla cream color. Petioles red, dark red
at base, green venation underside, dark red
patches oppositenodes on stem. Milky sap.
Fruit green, n.v.: pecui mandioca.
Cultivated as source of farinha. See also
Beck 382-385.
H.T. Beck, A.S. Tavares, R. Souza, D. Seriacu
November 7, 1987
Fieldwork Supported by The National Science Foundation and the
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvímentó Científico e Tecnológico
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