Manihot esculenta Pohl.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Basionym : Jatropha manihot L.
  • Synonym(s) : Manihot utilissima Pohl
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Manihot esculenta Crantz
  • Common name : Tapioca, Cassava
  • Vernacular name :
    • Sakkarkand (Hindi)
    • Mare genasu (Kannada)
    • Maravallikizhangu (Tamil)
    • Daarukandah (Sanskrit)
    • Simulikonda, Rosokandojado (Oria)
    • Karrapendalamu (Telugu)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Cultivated
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for its edible tuber. If consumed more it causes nervous disorders
  • Flower, Fruit : February-December
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district, Hassan district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Common
    • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district)
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Udupi.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 379
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Manihot esculenta. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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