Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Collector(s)

    W. Law 355 with A. Kitalong, V. R. Tadao, 05 Aug 2008

  • Location

    Palau. Airai. Ngetkib area, around Kitalong home.

  • Description

    Sterile shrub, red petioles, starchy storage tuber, whiteish yellow on inside with milky sap.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 05104661

    Occurrence ID: 1aeaacd5-d5cf-4f8f-b70d-2911cc209a08

  • Related Publications

    [Book] Balick, Michael J. & Kitalong, Ann. 2020. Ethnobotany of Palau: Plants, People and Island Culture. 2. 392.

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Manihot esculenta Crantz

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Palau

  • State/Province

    Airai

  • Locality

    Ngetkib area, around Kitalong home.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 20 m. (66 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    7.36408, 134.516

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The New York Botanical Garden
Ethnobotanical Studies in Micronesia
Euphorbiaceae
Manihot esculenta Crantz
05 Aug 2008
W. Law, A. Kitalong, V. R. Tadao 355
The V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
NYdb
Palau. Airai. Ngetkib area, around Kitalong home.
7°21’50.7”N, 134°30'57.5"E
20 m.
Sterile shrub, red petioles, starchy storage tuber* whitdsh
yellow on inside with milky sap.
N.V. Diokang [Palauan]
05104661
05104661