Manihot esculenta Crantz

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Peru

• State/Province

  Pasco

• County/Municipio

  Oxapampa Prov.

• Locality

  8 km W of Iscozacín; Santa Rosa de Chuchurras. Agricultural field of Rosario Sanpachi

• Elevation

  Alt. 260 m. (853 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -10.12, -75.22

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

BOTANICAL
Garde**,
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Date: Jan 24,2008
Material Removed: Leaf
By: Doyle McKey and Jan Salick (MO)
Inst: Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, Montpellier, France
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, THE NEW YORK
BOTANICAL GARDEN: CASSAVA OF PERU
7572	Euphorbiaceae
Manihot esculenta Crantz.
10°07'S, 75°13'W; Pasco; Oxapampa; 8km W of
Iscozacin; Santa Rosa de Chuchurras; humid
tropical forest at 360m.
Agricultural field of Rosario Sanpachi.
Shrub, 1.5m; stem brown; petiole pink;
veins pink-white; roots conical, surface
color orange-brown, inner skin pink-purple
pulp yellow.	*
n.v.: Eellesomam (this yuca is from Hauswald)
Use: Tuber is edible and can be made into
'Masato' (cassava beer).
J. Salick and S. Knapp	15 July 1986
Special thanks to PEPP, IBPGR and
The Mellon Foundation
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