Manihot esculenta
CrantzNOT EVALUATEDPublished in Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 167 (1766)
The native range of this species is W. South America to Brazil. It is a tuberous shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a poison, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.
