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cassava

species of plant native to South America cultivated for industrial and food uses
Taxon taxon Q83124
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cassava

Summary

cassava is a taxon[1]. cassava has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • cassava's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • cassava is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • cassava is classified within Manihot[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, cassava is Manihot esculenta[6].
  • cassava is a type of food ingredient[7].
  • cassava is a type of useful plant[8].
  • cassava is a type of poisonous plant[9].
  • cassava is part of Brazilian cuisine[10].
  • cassava is used for fodder[11].
  • cassava is used for medicinal plant[12].
  • cassava is used for vegetable[13].
  • cassava is used for agriculture[14].
  • cassava's Commons category is recorded as Manihot esculenta[15].
  • cassava's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Manihot esculenta[16].
  • cassava's Commons gallery is recorded as Manihot esculenta[17].
  • cassava's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[18].
  • cassava's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • cassava's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 44(2)[20].
  • cassava's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • cassava's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22].
  • cassava's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[23].
  • cassava's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • cassava's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • cassava's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=431678[26].
  • cassava's this taxon is source of is recorded as cassava root[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, cassava is Manihot esculenta[6]. cassava is classified at the rank of species[4]. cassava is classified within Manihot[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '樹薯'}[28], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cassava'}[29], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '木薯'}[30], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '树葛'}[31], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '木薯'}[32], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '红薯'}[33].

Identifiers

cassava's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3983[34]. cassava's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1154718[35]. cassava's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3060998[36]. cassava's ITIS TSN is recorded as 503688[37].

Why It Matters

cassava has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] cassava is known by 209 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

Gabon

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . perennialagriculture.institute. perennialagriculture.institute. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . plants.ces.ncsu.edu. plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. perennialagriculture.institute. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . alherb.com. alherb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [34] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [37] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [35] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [36] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 44(2). wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '樹薯'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cassava'}, {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '木薯'} +13
    Reflora id → FB17600, FB56004, FB56005 +3
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/35992|batch #35992]]: P10701 of other taxons: (Manihot diffusa) | (Manihot digitiformis) | (Manihot guyanensis) | (Manihot jan"
  2. 29d ago · FlocciNivis · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 44(2), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +4
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '樹薯'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cassava'}, {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '木薯'} +13
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1843]]: Manioc, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780750294373"
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