Manihot esculenta Crantz

Monograph of Manihot (Euphorbiaceae)
Manihot esculenta Crant’z
Rogers, D. J. & S. G. Appan, taxon no. 1
in Flora Neotropica No. 13
Annotated June, 1971
Sta. NO._j
Name f,3 months*1
Origin_Trinidad
Stem color (ext.)t
Stem color (Int.).
Bud color	G
Petiole color
Stipule prominence l_
(l*none or weak, 2* more pron-
ounced, 3*long persis., pron.)
Hel.' Ht. Plant	_
(in plot at Bodies)
Fruit Set
Attitude of Plait
(l«erect, 2=inclined, 3" decum,
Branching of Plant
( l=none, 2=at base', 43~è7
5- 3A, 6-near top)
Color of Root (ext.)_
Color of root cortex
Surface cond. of root
Maturity of root _
(at time of sampling)
Remarks September, 1958. Plants
grown at New York Botanical
_Garden. Specimens taken
from immature plants 4 to
_5 months old. Origin of
plants Trinidad. Collected
_by Dr. Henrv Fleming of
New York Zoological Park
-Bronx Park. New York_
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