Manihot esculenta Crantz

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DISTRIBUTED BY
FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
PLANTS OF ECUADOR
Ethnoecological Studies of the Waorani
Prov. Napo: confluence of Quiwado and Tiwaeno Rivers.
Cultigens of Waorani-Chacra of Oncaye.
980 Mannihpt esculemta Crantz
n.v.Kewe-all yucas
^w^mong^we (980)
cultivated yuca.petioles red,lvs.deep purple
above,deep green below.to 3m* huge tuber
to ,5m,^inch diameter.Called the Scarlet
Macaw Yuca as fruit is bright red.
coll. E. WADE DAVIS & JIM YOST
Oncaye (Downriver Dialect)
Date:
April 18 1981
04081238