Cassava
ಮರಗೆಣಸುகுச்சிக்கிழங்குకర్ర పెండలం
Manihot esculenta Crantz
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.4 m
- wide
- 2.4 m
Euphorbiaceae
Also called Tapioca, Manioc
Formerly Janipha aipi, Janipha manihot, Jatropha aipi, Jatropha diffusa, and 25 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Tuberous shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. South America to BrazilKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.8 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.8 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Ewe
- Agbeli
- Danish
- maniok
- Finnish
- maniokki
- French
- manioc
- Turkish
- manyok
- Chinese
- 樹薯, 红薯
- German
- Maniok
- Portuguese
- Macaxeira, Mandioca
- Spanish
- Yuca, Mandioca
- Asturian
- mandioca
- Japanese
- キャッサバ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- kassava, maniok
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Manihot esculenta (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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