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Image Credit:

Andrew Grygus, Clovegarden.com

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta

Common name(s): cassava, tapioca, yuca

Name as shown in Phylogenes: cassava

Ploidy: diploid

Description:

Reference(s):

  1. Bredeson JV, et al. Sequencing wild and cultivated cassava and related species reveals extensive interspecific hybridization and genetic diversity. Nature biotechnology. 2016 May;34(5):562-570. doi: 10.1038/nbt.3535.

Genome Database(s)

cassavabase

Cassava Genome Hub

Phytozome