A: Pretty, tropical Manihot esculenta variegata is also known as ornamental bitter cassava, ornamental or variegated tapioca, and yuca. It is classified in the same plant family, Euphorbiaceae, as ...
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have recently created a healthier form of starch in the cassava plant. Published in the scientific journal Plant ...
The variegated version of the tapioca plant makes a beautiful ornamental for our region. Grown as a tropical, annual for its beautiful foliage, it produces a 4- by 4-foot mass of green and yellow ...