Manihot esculenta Crantz

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Peru

• State/Province

  Pasco

• County/Municipio

  Oxapampa Prov.

• Locality

  CN Loma Linda-Laguna; 19 km N on Placazu Rd, Nueva Aldea. Front yard of the home of Brígida Vallesteros

• Elevation

  Alt. 450 m. (1476 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -10.33, -75.07

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, THE NEW YORK
BOTANICAL GARDEN: CASSAVA OF PERU
7478	Euphorbiaceae
Manihot esculenta Crantz.
10o20'S, 75°4'W; Pasco; Oxapampa; CN Loma
Linda-Laguna; 19km N on Palcazu Rd, Nueva
Aldea; humid tropical forest at 450m.
Obtained from the school agricultural plot;
informant: Brigida Vallesteros.
Shrub, 2m; stem silver/yellow; petiole pink;
veins pink above, white below; roots fusi-
form, surface color orange/brown, inner skin
pink-purple, pulp white.
n.v.: unknown
Use: Tuber is edible and can be made into
'Masato1 (cassava beer).
J. Salick and S. Knapp	5 July 1986
Special thanks to PEPP, IBPGR and
The Mellon Foundation
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