Manihot esculenta subsp. esculenta
Manihot esculenta subsp. esculenta var. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Describe the plant here...
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
---|
Manihot dulcis, Pax (Jatropha dulcis, Gmel.). Shrub, 3-12 ft. high: roots similar to the preceding species but generally smaller: lvs. deeply 3-13-parted; lobes lanceolate to obovate; stipules narrow, pointed, subentire: fls. paniculate; calyx ½ - ¾ in. long, pubescent inside: caps, not wing-angled. Var. Aipi, Pax (M. Aipi, Pohl. M. palmata var. Aipi, Muell. Arg.). Sweet Cassava. Aipi. Younger parts pubescent: lvs. 3-7-parted: lobes obovate to elliptical-lanceolate. Wild in Brazil and cult, there and elsewhere in the tropics. Var. multifida, Pax (M. palmata var. multifida, Muell. Arg.). Lvs. long- petioled, 7-13-parted, mostly glabrous; lobes spatulate-lanceolate to lanceolate. S. Brazil.
|
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
---|
Manihot utilissima, Pohl (Jatropha Manihot, Linn., in part. Janipha Manihot, HBK.). Bitter Cassava. Mandioca. Manioc. Tapioca Plant. Sweet Potato Tree, and many other names in different tropical countries. Figs. 2322, 2323. An herbaceous shrub 3-9 ft., or small tree in the tropics: roots fleshy, in a basal cluster: lvs. somewhat pubescent, deeply 3-7- parted; lobes 3-8 in. long, lanceolate, acuminate; stipules small, entire: fls. paniculate; calyx less than ½ in. long, pubescent inside: caps, wing-angled. Brazil. B.M. 3071.-Cult. in many varieties and naturalized in various tropical lands.
|
Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Varieties
Gallery
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Manihot esculenta subsp. esculenta. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Manihot esculenta subsp. esculenta QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)