MANIHOT ESCULENTA

Tender ornamental shrub/houseplant with figured palmate foliage and clusters of green and red flowers Jul-Aug, prune, 75cm-2m. Tapioca is prepared from the toxic roots from seed sown annually. Synonym M.dulcis. S.America.

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