Manihot esculenta Crantz

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Napo

• Locality

  Rio Cuyabeno below inlet of Rio Tarapui, Pto. Bolivar, in garden of Victoriano Criollo

• Elevation

  Alt. 230 m. (755 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -0.08, -76.17

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF ECUADOR
EUPHORBIACEAE
Manihot esculenta
Siona: An-s6
Spanish: Yuca
NAPO: Rio Cityabeno below inlet of Rio
Tarapui, Pto. Bolivar, in garden of
Victoriano Criollo, o^os'5
Garden in tropical rainforest, 230 m.
28 Jul 1983.
A 2 m. high shrub cultivated for its
starchy tubers. These are eaten boiled
as the main carbohydrate source (togeth-
er with Musa). The "yuca" is also used
for making "chicha" which is a nourish-
ing drink, which is sometimes left to
ferment to produce an alcoholic beaver-
age. This plant also produces a bread
baked frcm the mashed tubers and sweet-
ened with Iponoea, or it may be dried to
produce a "grenola" like grain.
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