Manihot utilissima ar en halvbuske inom familjen torelvaxter, vars rotknolar ar ett av jordens viktigaste baslivsmedel. Minor vegetables handbook horticultural sciences cassava spanish common name yuca cassava manihot esculenta crantz 1. Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava manioc, yuca, macaxeira, mandioca, kappa. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. It is sometimes called yuca too, tubers tapioca tubers grow underground in large bunches at the bottom end of the stem.
Sergio rodriguez morales, maryluz folgueras montiel, lilian morales romero y osmany. Abstract the cassava is a basic food for many rural families of low resources. I dont grow it for the tubers, although since i like fried yuca i should dig some up and try to prepare them. Physicochemical characterization of two cassava manihot. Cassava is propagated by planting short 10inch sections of the stem 2 to 4 inches deep at 4foot intervals on 4foot wide rows. Manihot esculenta an overview sciencedirect topics. Kunth, manihot utilissima poh, manihot aipi poh, manihot manihot l.
Flowers are male or female greenish to purple tinge. Cassavamanihot esculenta crantz 2 culture cassava needs 8 to 11 frostfree months to produce usable roots. Tapioca, yucca, manioc, manihot roots of cassava national library of jamaica photograph collection the cassava is an erect shrubby perennial about 23m high with knobbed stems which has a viscous sap. It requires about the same soil and fertilizer as for sweet potatoes. Bibliography on manihot esculenta, yuca edible root crop. It is cultivated throughout the tropical world for its tuberous roots, from which cassava flour, breads, tapioca, a laundry starch, and. It is an important food crop in the tropics where it is. The flesh of the tubers is opaque like that of sweet potato. Pdf the aim of this study was to produce flours from the edible portion of cassava manihot. Pdf production and characterization of cassava manihot.
Manihot esculenta cassava, manioc, tapioca, yuca north. Euphorbiaceae also called cassava, manioc, yuca, balinghoy, mogo, mandioca, kamoteng kahoy, tapioca is a perennial woody. From the results of the diagnosis of cassava crop development in the savannas of. Cassava plant guide welcome to the plants database. Ha una radice tuberizzata commestibile, molto ricca in amido. On aug 18, 2003, xyris from sebring, fl zone 9b wrote. Cassava, manihot esculenta, also called manioc, mandioca, or yuca, tuberous edible plant of the spurge family euphorbiaceae from the american tropics. Preparation of cassava leaf products and their use as animal feeds pdf. In common usage, the plants are usually referred to as cassava and the roots are marketed as yuca. A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration.
Cassava manihot esculenta crantz plant symbol maes contributed by. Physical characteristics manihot esculenta is a perennial plant, therefore the plant grows best under fertile and well drained soils. Manihot esculenta crantz is an accepted name this name is the accepted name of a species in the genus manihot family euphorbiaceae. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of. Usda nrcs national plant data center lincoln moore.