Species · Euphorbiaceae

Cassava

Manihot esculenta. Euphorbiaceae, genus Manihot. What this plant is called and where it is recorded, plus the published numbers the keystone holds so far.

Rank
species
Names
5 in 1 languages
Numbers
3 (3 with a source)
Keystone status
partial

Names

Scientific synonyms (70): Janipha aipi (Pohl) J.Presl, Janipha manihot (L.) Kunth, Jatropha aipi (Pohl) Göpp., Jatropha diffusa (Pohl) Steud., Jatropha digitiformis (Pohl) Steud., Jatropha dulcis J.F.Gmel., Jatropha flabellifolia (Pohl) Steud., Jatropha glauca A.Rich., Jatropha janipha Lour., Jatropha lobata var. richardiana Müll.Arg., Jatropha loureiroi (Pohl) Steud., Jatropha manihot L., Jatropha mitis Rottb., Jatropha paniculata Ruiz & Pav. ex Pax, Jatropha silvestris Vell., Jatropha stipulata Vell., Mandioca aipi (Pohl) Link, Mandioca dulcis (J.F.Gmel.) D.Parodi, Mandioca utilissima (Pohl) Link, Manihot aipi Pohl, Manihot aipi var. lanceolata Pohl, Manihot aipi var. latifolia Pohl, Manihot aipi var. lutescens Pohl, Manihot aypi Spruce, Manihot cannabina Sweet, Manihot cassava Cook & Collins, Manihot diffusa Pohl, Manihot digitiformis Pohl, Manihot dulcis (J.F.Gmel.) Baill., Manihot dulcis var. aipi (Pohl) Pax, Manihot dulcis var. diffusa (Pohl) Pax, Manihot dulcis var. flabellifolia (Pohl) Pax, Manihot edule A.Rich., Manihot esculenta subsp. alboerecta Cif., Manihot esculenta subsp. diffusa Cif., Manihot esculenta subsp. flabellifolia (Pohl) Cif., Manihot esculenta subsp. grandifolia Cif., Manihot esculenta var. argentea Cif., Manihot esculenta var. coalescens Cif., Manihot esculenta var. communis Cif., and more.

In other languages

  • en: bitter cassava, cassava, manioc, tapioca, yuca

Where it is recorded

Taxonomy record sources: POWO (CC BY 4.0), USDA_PLANTS_CATALOG (Public Domain). Loaded from the botanica open cultivated-plant knowledge base and the GBIF backbone; each row keeps its origin.

What the sources say it wants

Each line shows the band, then the kind of source and the citation. "Published" means the number is printed on the cited page; "derived" means it was computed from published numbers with the formula recorded on the row; "external API" rows are refreshed nightly from a live source; "curated" rows are OAT's own working values from June 2026.

Whole cycle

ZoneMeasureBandSource
TimingCrop coefficient, end of season (ratio)0.3published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998
TimingCrop coefficient, initial stage (ratio)0.3published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998
TimingCrop coefficient, mid-season (ratio)0.8published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998

Keystone status

Partial. The KEEP rule asks for a growth stage and a band in each of light, air and root zone before a crop counts as complete; this plant is in the keystone with what its sources give so far.

Generated 2026-09-15 from the OAT plant keystone. Source types and citations are carried on every row; the keystone snapshot that the Library instruments read is plant-targets.json and its quality sheet is plant-targets.quality.json.