Manihot esculenta Crantz

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Manihot esculenta Crantz
Identified by H. N. Moldenke
March, 1935
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Collected by Thqs. Morong, 1888-1890.
Central Paraguay.,
Monograph of Manihot. (Euphorbiaceae)
Manihot esculenta Crantz
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Rogers, D. J. & S. G. Appan, taxon no. 1
in Flora Neo tropica No. 13
Annotated June, 1971
Manihot utilissima, Pohl., 1. c., 32.
Asancion (391).	i
So strongly resembles the preceding, species that an unpractised
eye cannot tell them apart. The natives, however, readily distin-i*
guish them by small differences in color and position of the leaves j
on the stèîn. In properties they are*opposites, for the juice of this*
species is a deadly poison. It is. known as Mandioca brava, and is j
cultivated to some extent in Pàr%guay. When the juice is expressed
from the grated pulp, and that is dried over the Ire or in»<fch% sun,
itvbecomes a wholesome article of food. Indeed, some persons
expressed to me a preference for the meal made of this species, but
I never could discover any différence in taste between the two.
J&royfn the year round, ? *
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