---Synonyms---Manioc. Yuca. Cassava. Farinha de Mandioca.
Another food plant of enormous importance to tropical America in the present as well as in the past is Manihot utilissima, otherwise known as Manioc, Mandioca, or Yuca, ...
Cassava, tapioca, manioc (Manihot esculenta)
Castor bean plant (Ricinus communis)
Catchfly, campion (Silene species)
Cattleya (Cattleya species, Cattleya hybrids)
Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis)
Ceanothus (Ceanothus species) ...
Pois Manioc [English]: Pachyrhizus erosus
Pois Manioc [French]: Pachyrhizus erosus
Pois Marron [English]: Crotalaria incana
Pois Marron [English]: Crotalaria incana incana
Pois Marron [English]: Vigna marina ...
(ksä´v) or manioc(mn´k), name for many species of the genus Manihot of the family Euphorbiaceae ( family). The roots, which resemble sweet potatoes and are eaten in much the same way, yield cassava starch, a staple food in the tropics.
Duck first fried and then stewed in manioc juice flavoured with garlic (tucupí) is a popular food in all Amazonian provinces (pato no tucupí).
Manihot - Cassava
Manihot esculenta - Cassava, Manioc; Manihot
Manihot grahamii - Wild Cassava; Graham's Cassava
Sapium - Tallow Trees
Sapium sebiferum - Chinese Tallow Tree ...
Manihot esculenta
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Cassava, Manihot, Tapioca, Manioc
Origin: South America ...
Other common names for this plant are Cassava, Mandioc, Mandioca, Manihot, Manioc, Yuca. This description is based on our research of Manihot esculenta and our observations of it growing in the nursery, in our own garden and in other gardens.
 See also: Cassava, Manihot, Euphorbia, Green, India
  
|
RSS
