Common name
English: Ceara rubber, Tree cassava
German: Ceara-Kautschuk
Portuguese: Maniçoba
English: Ceara rubber, Tree cassava
German: Ceara-Kautschuk
Portuguese: Maniçoba
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Malpighiales (120)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (80)(family description)
Genus: Manihot (4)
Epithet: carthaginensis (1)
Subspecies: glaziovii (Müll.Arg.) Allem
Synonyms: Manihot glaziovii Müll.Arg., Manihot janipha (L.) Pohl
carthaginensis => from Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar Department, Colombia
glaziovii => in honor of Auguste François Marie Glaziou (1828-1906), French botanist and landscape designer
Climate: tropical
Habit: arborescent
Flower colour: yellow, beige, white
Botanical description
M. carthaginensis is a shrub or tree to 10(15) m high, dbh up to 20 cm, often branching near the base. Bark grey to dark brown, papery, scaly, Araucaria-like.
Check for Manihot carthaginensis at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI