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  • COMMON NAME: Manihot, Cassava, manioc.
  • ARABIC: مَنْهوط أو منيهوت
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Manihot esculenta Crantz
  • SYNONYMS: Janipha aipi (Pohl) J.Presl
  • FAMILY: EUPHORBIACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L) Apiculture (A) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production. is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates. Is important source of food in the tropics.
V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:351790-1 http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000235507
Honey nectar plants. Ornamental plant. Food plant.
Erect shrubs 1.5-5 m tall; root tubers terete. Stipules triangular-lanceolate, 5-7 mm, entire or with 1 or 2 bristly segments; petiole 6-35 cm, slightly peltate, inserted less than 5 mm from margin; leaf blade palmately 3-9-lobed, 5-20 cm, lobes oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 8-18 × 1.5-4 cm, apex acu-minate, entire; lateral veins 5-15. Racemes terminal or axillary, 5-8 cm; bracts oblong-lanceolate; pedicels 4-6 mm. Male flowers: calyx ca. 7 mm, purple-red, divided to or over middle, lobes long ovate, 3-4 × ca. 2.5 mm, hairy inside; stamens 6-7 mm; anthers white pubescent at apex. Female flowers: calyx ca. 10 mm, lobes oblong-lanceolate, ca. 8 × 3 mm; ovary ovoid, longitudinally 6-angled; stigmas recurved, plaited. Capsule ellipsoidal, 1.5-1.8 × 1-1.5 cm, longitudinally 6-winged, scabrous. Seeds slightly triangular, ca. 1 cm; testa crustaceous, smooth, with spot-stripes. Flowering from February-March.
Cultivated, Grows in gardens, parks, homes and roadsides.
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