Manihot esculenta Crantz
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Filed As
Euphorbiaceae
Manihot esculenta Crantz -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 4081230
Occurrence ID: e7d582cc-e029-47b7-8746-489eda284623
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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
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Location Notes
[South America]
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Distribution
MmSlMSlgS!! ^AMTi OF SOUTH AMERICA Collected fey Thos. Morong, 1888-1890. 1 Central Paraguay. NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 04081230 Monograph of Manihot (Euphorbiaeeae) Ma ni hot esculenta Crantz Rogers, D. J. & S. G. Appan, taxon no. 1 in Flora Neotropica No. 13 Annotated June, 1971 v Manihot Aipi, Fohl., PI. Bras., i, 29. Asuncion (390). Cultivated extensively and sometimes spontaneous in Paraguay. Known as Mandioca dulce, or the sweet or innocuous Manioc. A shrubby plant witl^smooth stems and deeply 6-7-parted leaves, 1-1^ m.in height. - rdots are gr^tl^.e^eemed as. vegetables, looting when bo He’d for the table something 43ke parsnips. They are also used for feeding cattle. The meal made by grinding them i and drying the pulp, Mlled farina, forms tbe^principal subsistenceJ of the common people. A delicious bread known as chipa is maim-, factured from it and it serves as many purposes as wheat flour does j 04081230
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Manihot esculenta Crantz