botanical record · discovered
Cassava
Manihot esculenta
Cassava · Tapioca · Yuca · Agbeli · Ai · Airo bai a’so
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Trinidad, Haiti, Venezuela, Latin America, Turkey, South America, Guatemala, Samoa
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abscess, Repellant(Ant), Bite(Snake), Boil
Science studied: ALUMINUM, ARGININE, ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Scientific name: Manihot esculenta
Common names: Cassava, Tapioca, Yuca, Agbeli, Ai, Airo bai a’so
History
The source record documents this plant in Trinidad, Elsewhere, Haiti, Venezuela, Latin America, Turkey, South America, Guatemala and 7 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abscess
- Repellant(Ant)
- Bite(Snake)
- Boil
- Conjunctivitis
- Cyanogenetic
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
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- Dysentery
- Fatality
- Flu
- Intoxicant
- Marasmus
- Poison
- Prostatitis
- Sore
- Swelling
- Tumor
- Excrescence
- Inflammation
- Spasm
- Cancer
- Diuretic
- Liqueur
- Testicle
- Hernia
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Trinidad
- Elsewhere
- Haiti
- Venezuela
- Latin America
- Turkey
- South America
- Guatemala
- Samoa
- Nigeria
- Dr
- Mexico
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- Dominican Republic
- Brazil
- Sudan
Documented cultural uses
- Abscess
- Repellant(Ant)
- Bite(Snake)
- Boil
- Conjunctivitis
- Cyanogenetic
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
- Dysentery
- Fatality
- Flu
- Intoxicant
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- Marasmus
- Poison
- Prostatitis
- Sore
- Swelling
- Tumor
- Excrescence
- Inflammation
- Spasm
- Cancer
- Diuretic
- Liqueur
- Testicle
- Hernia
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Variability of cassava (Manihot esculenta [Cranz]) genotypes for nutritional composition in Southwestern Ethiopia. · 2026 source ↗
- MeSUT1a is essential for sucrose transport and apoplastic phloem loading in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). · 2026 source ↗
- MeSRT1 Interacts with MeNF-YC15 and Negatively Mediates Resistance to Cassava Bacterial Blight via Regulation of Gibberellin Metabolism in Manihot esculenta Crantz · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALUMINUM
- ARGININE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- BORON
- CALCIUM
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CITRATES
- CYSTINE
- FAT
- FIBER
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- HCN
- HISTIDINE
- IRON
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- ISOLEUCINE
- KILOCALORIES
- LEUCINE
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LYSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- METHIONINE
- MUFA
- NIACIN
- OXALATE
- OXALIC-ACID
- PHOSPHORUS
- PROTEIN
- PUFA
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SODIUM
- STARCH
- SUCCINATES
- SUGARS
- SULFUR
- THIAMIN
- WATER
- VALINE
- ALANINE
- PALMITIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- COPPER
- GLYCINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- OLEIC-ACID
- PHENYLALANINE
- PROLINE
- SFA
- STEARIC-ACID
- TRYPTOPHAN
- ZINC
- MALATES
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID
- THREONINE
- LAURIC-ACID
- POTASSIUM
- TYROSINE
- SERINE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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