Manihot esculenta Crantz

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Peru

• State/Province

  Pasco

• County/Municipio

  Oxapampa Prov.

• Locality

  CN Loma Linda-Laguna; 19 km N on Palcazu Rd, Nueva Aldea. Obtained from school agricultural plot; informant: Brígida Vallesteros

• Elevation

  Alt. 450 m. (1476 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -10.33, -75.07

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

YT\ VOUCHER SPECIMEN FOR
IPGRI IPGRIGERMPLASM ACCESSION
Please report any re-identification of the specimen to:
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute,
^ 142 Via delle Sette Chiese, 00145 Rome Italy
BOTANICAL
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INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, THE NEW YORK
BOTANICAL GARDEN: CASSAVA OF PERU
7474	Euphorbiaceae
Manihot esculenta Crantz.
10°20'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 Vallesteras.
Shrub, 2.5m; stem silver-gold-brown;
petiole green; veins white; roots fusiform,
surface color orange/brown, inner skin color
pink, pulp color cream.
n. v.: tsallellemC&ame—from—Nueva -Al-d^a)
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Use: Tuber is edible and can be made into
'Masato' (cassava beer).
J. Salick and S. Knapp	5 July 1986
Special thanks to PEPP, IBPGR and
The Mellon Foundation
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