Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Collector(s)

    T. R. van Andel 811, 03 Jul 1996

  • Location

    Guyana. Kariako Village, Barama River, North-West District.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4081315

    Occurrence ID: e00c745f-cea8-4ad1-87ec-c3f8dec00b06

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Guyana

  • Locality

    Kariako Village, Barama River, North-West District

  • Elevation

    Alt. 145 m. (476 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    7.37, -59.7

  • Location Notes

    [South America]

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FLORA OF GUYANA
EUPHORBIACEAE
Manihot esculenta Crantz
Det W.Punt; Apr. 1997
07° 22' N 59° 42' W
Alt. 145 m
Kariako Village, Barama River, North-West District
Habitat: Cultivated fields
High shrub, cultivated in large quantities as staple food in
Kariako (starchy tubers). Leaves green, petiole red, young
nodes on stem bright purple. Flowers green, purplish, small.
Fruits round, 1.5 cm., green with thin red lateral ridges. Stem
has white
Use: food
Sep.
Vernacular name: Bitter Cassava, brown
Tarì'quoroi (C)
Tinde van Andel
Alice Samuels
Ezekiel Samuels
811
3 Jul. 1996
Tropenbos Foundation and Utrecht University (U)
04081315