Kannada Name : | - |
Common Name : | Ceara rubber tree, Cassava tree |
Family Name : | Euphorbiaceae |
Scientific Name : | Manihot carthaginensis |
Species Type : | Exotic |
Phenology : | Deciduous |
Conservation Status : | Not known |
Flowering Period : | June - September |
Fruiting Period : | October - January |
Origin : | Brazil |
The stem and root are ingredients in a remedy for skin infections.
Small, deciduous tree, 6-8 m high. Bark pinkish-grey to dark brown. Leaves are peltate; lobes 3 or 5, lobes broadly elliptic to obovate, glabrous, base narrow, apex subacute or mucronate, margin entire, dark green above, pale bluish green below. Inflorescence a panicle. Flowers unisexual, greenish-white, flowers are greenish-white and muave tinged or pale yellow with reddish markings. Fruit a capsule, globose, smooth, warty when dry. Seeds biconvex, orange-brown, mottled black; caruncle yellow.