Manihot esculenta Crantz

MANIHOT Adanson
Jatropha manihot Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 760; ed. 2 (1845) 522;
ed. 3, 3 (1879) 160=MANIHOT UTILISSIMA Pohl.
This species was introduced into the Philippines by the Span-
iards at an early date and is now found in general cultivation
throughout the Archipelago. Its common Tagalog name is camo-
ting cahoy (camoting from camote=Ipomoea batatas Poir., and
cahoy=tree). It is not uncommon about Manila but here very
rarely producing flowers or fruit, although in many parts of the
provinces it flowers regularly.
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, March, 1915 (Mer-
rill: Species Blancoanae No. 832).
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Monograph of Manihot (Euphorbiaceae)
Manihot esculenta Crantz
Rogers, D. J. & S. G. Appari, taxon no. 1
in Flora Neotropica Monograph No. 13
Annotated June,
mehr i ll:
SPECIES 13LANCÜANAE NO, (MO
832. Manihot utilissima Pohl
Jatropha manihot I»inn* ; Blanco
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