Sinai Desert. This species is also supposed to have been the manna of the wandering Israelites. Hedrick contains the following: “The same species was found by Paviot[sic] who procured it in his ...

Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names) is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial ...