Manihot esculenta(MANES)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: MANES
- Preferred name: Manihot esculenta
- Authority: Crantz
South America (Colombia to Bolivia, Brazil). Cultivated throughout the tropics for its tubers (cassava), which have to be detoxified before use, and for the starch (tapioca) which can be prepared from them. Introduced in Mediterranean, India, Indochina (Thailand, Cambodia), Malesia (Java, Moluccas), China (including Taiwan), Sénégal to Burkina Faso, Tchad to Ethiopia, Gabon, Zaïre, Angola, Mozambique, Madagascar, USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Manihot flabellifolia | Pohl |
| Manihot utilissima | Pohl |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| cassava | English |
| manioc | English |
| tapioca | English |
| tapioca plant | English |
| Cassavastrauch | German |
| Maniok | German |
| Maniokstrauch | German |
| Tapiokapflanze | German |
| cassave | French |
| manioc | French |
| manioc amer | French |
| falso café | Spanish (AR) |
| guacamote | Spanish (HN) |
| mandioca | Spanish |
| manoco | Spanish (BO) |
| tapioca | Spanish |
| yuca | Spanish |
| iucca | Italian |
| manioca | Italian |
| cassaveplant | Dutch |
| maniok | Dutch |
| mandioca | Portuguese |
| mandioqueira | Portuguese |
| maniok | Swedish |
| mù shǔ | Chinese |
| 木薯 | Chinese |
| ubi kayu | Indonesian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Malpighiales (
1MALO )
Family
Euphorbiaceae (
1EUPF )
Subfamily
Crotonoideae (
1CVNS )
Genus
Manihot (
1MANG )
Species
Manihot esculenta (
MANES )