cassava

manioc

yuca

source of

tapioca

on-line video: traditional manioc processing -- Gilles Chertier
on-line video: preparing manioc flour -- Gilles Chertier

Cassava root
(Manihot esculenta)

cassava
NOUN:		Also called yuca. 1. A shrubby tropical American plant (Manihot esculenta) widely grown for its large, tuberous, starchy roots. 2. The root of this plant, eaten as a staple food in the tropics only after leaching and drying to remove cyanide. Cassava starch is also the source of tapioca. In both senses also called manioc.
ETYMOLOGY:		Ultimately from Taino casavi, flour from manioc.
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tapioca
NOUN:		A beady starch obtained from the root of the cassava, used for puddings and as a thickening agent in cooking.
ETYMOLOGY:		Portuguese, from Tupi [language of Brazil] typióca : ty, juice + pyá, heart + oca, to remove. [from tipi'óka]
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In the News . . .

Cassava and Mental Deficits -- New York Times (22 April 2013)

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Cassava

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Manihoteae
Genus:	Manihot
Species:	M. esculenta

Binomial name

Manihot esculenta
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Wikipedia

Ancient Farm Discovery Yields Clues to Maya Diet -- National Geographic (20 August 2007)
Cassava [Research & Impact: Areas of Research] -- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Cassava 'Offers Climate Change Hope' for Africa -- BBC News (28 February 2012)
First Ancient Manioc Fields In Americas Discovered -- Science Daily (24 Auguest 2007)
The Canela Indians, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE CANELA: Manioc Processing -- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Fare of the Country; Saturday Staple In Brazil: Manioc -- GLORIA LEVITAS; GLORIA LEVITAS IS A WRITER WHO TEACHES ANTHROPOLOGY AT QUEENS COLLEGE, NEW YORK (11 Cecember 1988)
Manioc -- Buried Mirror: Mesoamerica and the Maya World
Maya Intensively Cultivated Manioc 1,400 Years Ago -- ScienceDaily (17 June 2009)
New CU-Boulder Research Effort Discovers Ancient Maya Intensively Cultivated Manioc -- University of Colorado at Bolder (16 June 2009)

Yuca Ceramic
Moche Culture
Larco Museum Collection
Lima, Peru

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"Potato Eaters"
Vincent Van Gogh
Oil on Canvas
Nünen, April 1885

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