Cassava
| Cassava | |
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| Leafs o the cassava plant | |
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| A manioc tuber | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Faimily: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfaimily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Manihoteae |
| Genus: | Manihot |
| Species: | M. esculenta |
| Binomial name | |
| Manihot esculenta Crantz
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Cassava (Manihot esculenta), forby cried manioc, yuca, balinghoy, mogo, mandioca, kamoteng kahoy, tapioca-ruit (predominantly in Indie) an manioc ruit, a widdy shrub o the Euphorbiaceae (spurge) faimily native tae Sooth Americae, is extensively cultivatit as an annual crap in tropical an subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous ruit, a major soorce o carbohydrates. It differs frae the seimilar spellt yucca, an unrelatit fruit-bearin shrub in the Asparagaceae faimily. Cassava, whan dried tae a poudery (or pearly) extract, is cried tapioca; its fermented, flaky version is named garri.