English: Cassava

German: Maniok

Mandarin: 木薯 (mu shu)

Portuguese: Mandioca

Kingdom: Plantae (2090)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1997)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1684)

      Order: Euphorbiales (65)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (66) (family description)

          Genus: Manihot (3)

           Epithet: esculenta Crantz (4)

Synonyms: Janipha aipi (Pohl) J.Presl, Janipha manihot (L.) Kunth

esculenta => edible, fit for human food

manihot => from the Tupí–Guaraní (indigenous languages of South America) word for cassava (M. esculenta)

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: green, beige, white

Check for Manihot esculenta at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [84] Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Internet Resources - University of Hawaii at Manoa
• [116] Cassava Information Network - Cassava and Starch Technology Research Unit
• [398] Cassava - Purdue University
• [412] Cassava - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
• [1205] Manihot - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1359] Manihot esculenta - Flora of China @ efloras.org

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