Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a root crop that is grown widely throughout the tropics, primarily for its value as a starchy staple food. From its origins in Latin America, cultivated cassava was introduced to Africa in the sixteenth century by Portuguese seafarers, and subsequently spread through much of Africa south of the Sahara. Fortuitously perhaps, none of the viruses that affect cassava in the Americas seems to have been co-introduced with the crop. Over time, however, the crop became infected by indigenous viruses. The first report of a virus-like disease in African cassava was made in 1894 from what is now northeastern Tanzania.
Due to the characteristics of this crop, it can be used in its whole length, the stem for vegetative propagation, the leaves to produce flour and its roots for consumption in different dishes, including cassava, agro-industry and export. A bush between 2-3 m high with long tuberous roots. It has long stalkedalternating leaves, leaf blade 3-5 split, segments between 8-15 cm. long. Blossoms in branched bunches, females at the base with fewer calyx and shorter than males. Fruits in pod of about 1.5 cm. closely winged diameter. Native of South America. It is currently cultivated in tropical regions all over the world.
Cassava, also known as manioc or tapioca, is an edible root tuber native to South America. They have a hard, scaly, brown skin, while their starchy flesh is white. It is considered the third largest source of carbohydrates in the tropical areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America, after rice and corn.
In some regions cassava leaves are widely used as a remedy to treat hypertension, headache and body pain. It is also used to make kaschiri, a kind of beer. The cassava plant provides the highest yield of carbohydrates per cultivated area, only surpassed by sugar cane and sugar beet. In several countries its roots are ground to obtain a mealy substance that is then used in the production of tapioca or cassava. In the Ewe language of West Africa, this plant is known locally as 'agbeli', which in Spanish translates as "there is life there".
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