Steinmetz:Manihot

Manihot utilissima

Also known as (or relevant to) Manihot utilissima Manihot esculenta Jatropha manihot Jatrdpha janipha Family Euphorbiaceae English Names Brazilian Arrow root Manioc Bitter Cassava Natural Habitat Brazil tropical countries (including India) China Manchuria Korea Part(s) Used Amylum Manihot (the rootstarch = the true Tapioca)

Constituent(s) starch gluten hydrocyanic acid cyano-generic glucose Action demulcent nutritive P. S. This plant is the most deadly of all the Euphorbias which in its fresh state is known as Manioc; but after the acrid juice has been taken from it the root can be made into a nourishing bread and from the pulp we get Tapioca