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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Manihot esculenta Crantz
Cassava

Manihot esculenta
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Family: Euphorbiaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Native Range: South America; widely cultivated and naturalized in the tropics and subtropics nearly worldwide.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

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Synonyms: Manihot manihot.

Other data on Manihot esculenta available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Manihot esculenta
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Manihot esculenta
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Manihot esculenta
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr