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Home Plants magnoliophyta magnoliopsida malpighiales euphorbiaceae Manihot

Mill.

1754

cassava

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Manihot is a genus in the diverse milkspurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It was described as a genus in 1754. Species of Manihot are monoecious trees, shrubs and a few herbs that are native to the Americas, from Arizona in the United States south to Argentina and Uruguay. The best known member of this genus is the widely cultivated cassava (Manihot esculenta). Manihot species are used as food plants by the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera including Endoclita sericeus and Hypercompe hambletoni. Species variety treated as a species Manihot carthaginensis subsp. glaziovii = Manihot glaziovii (Müll.Arg.) Allem formerly included moved to Aleurites Cnidoscolus Jatropha ...read more on Wikipedia.