Manihot caerulescens

Pohl

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds

None known

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows in sandstone soils. It grows in hot dry regions in Brazil. It grows in areas with a rainfall between 250-1,000 mm and a temperate between 24-26°C. It is resistant to drought.

Asia, Brazil, India, South America,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bhutan, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Georgia, French Guiana, Guyana, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Suriname, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A shrub or small tree. It has a dense leafy crown. It grows 2-4 m tall. The leaves have 3-5 lobes.

How to Grow

Grows best in a sandy soil.

Propagation: Seed.

Medicinal Uses

None known

Other Uses

A latex obtained from the trunk is used to make Piauhy rubber.

Wikipedia

An evergreen shrub growing to 3.5 m tall and 3 m wide at medium rate, hardy to UK zone 10. Tolerates light sandy and medium loamy well-drained soils, grows in nutritionally poor soil, and prefers mildly acid to neutral pH. Requires full sun and tolerates both dry and moist conditions including drought.

Names & Synonyms

Manicoba

Jatropha caerulescens (Pohl) Steud. ex Müll.Arg.Jatropha coerulea Steud.Manihot bahiensis UleManihot bahiensis var. microsperma UleManihot caerulea Steud.Manihot caerulescens var. pubescens Müll.Arg.Manihot cearensis Pax & K.Hoffm.Manihot cuneata UleManihot discolor UleManihot ferruginea UleManihot grandiflora Müll.Arg.Manihot harmsiana UleManihot labroyana UleManihot lyrata UleManihot microdendron UleManihot piauhyensis UleManihot riedeliana Klotzsch ex PaxManihot rotundata UleManihot speciosa Müll.Arg.Manihot toledii Labroy ex UleManihot trifoliata UleManihot trifoliata var. platyphylla Ule

References (5)

Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 355 (As Manihot piauhyensis)
Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 2 (I-Z) p 1434 (As Manihot piauhyensis)
Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 378
Nagib, M. A., et al, 2008, Wild Manihot species: botanical aspects, geographic distribution and economic value. Genetics and Molecular Research 7 (1): 16-28
Notizbl. Koenigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5(41):2. 1907 (As Manihot piauhyensis)