cassava: manihot esculenta

manihot esculenta

action demulcent, diuretic, fatal poison, intoxicant
body testicle
common name cassada, cassava, tapioca
family euphorbiaceae
range brazil, dominican republic, guatemala, haiti, haleakala national park, mexico, nigeria, samoa, sudan, trinidad, turkey, venezuela
use poison
used to treat abscesses, boils, cancer, diarrhea, dysentery, excrescence, flu, hernia, inflammation, marasmus, prostatitis, snake bite, sore, spasms, swelling, tumor
comments
The juice is a deadly poison called Manipuera (see Bixa orellana). This plant should never be eaten raw. When the juice is removed the plant is edible.

action	demulcent, diuretic, fatal poison, intoxicant
body	testicle
common name	cassada, cassava, tapioca
family	euphorbiaceae
range	brazil, dominican republic, guatemala, haiti, haleakala national park, mexico, nigeria, samoa, sudan, trinidad, turkey, venezuela
use	poison
used to treat	abscesses, boils, cancer, diarrhea, dysentery, excrescence, flu, hernia, inflammation, marasmus, prostatitis, snake bite, sore, spasms, swelling, tumor
comments	The juice is a deadly poison called Manipuera (see Bixa orellana). This plant should never be eaten raw. When the juice is removed the plant is edible.