Cultivated Plants

Euphorbiaceae
Manihot esculenta   Crantz
Manyòk. Cassava.
Native to South America.
Bitter cassava root tubers are used locally to make cassava bread and a powder, farine.
Sweet cassava is rarer and the tubers are cooked.
There is also a variegated ornamental cassava.
local medicinal uses
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