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[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

Cassava (Manihot esculenta), also called yuca or manioc.

It's the first image I posted.

They sell it at my local Dillons. I would be seriously surprised if it is not available locally in Denver as well. Try asian markets if you have any nearby... I can almost guarantee they will stock it if your local grocer does not.

Cassava is the same as manioc? I didn't know that. I think of manioc as a native american thing and cassava as an African thing. (Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my thinking.) Would it exist wild in both places, or did it only cross with the explorers and settlers?

I'd never heard the yuca term before. Is that a puerto rican name?

[pr_capone]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Cassava is the same as manioc? I didn't know that. I think of manioc as a native american thing and cassava as an African thing. (Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my thinking.) Would it exist wild in both places, or did it only cross with the explorers and settlers?

I'd never heard the yuca term before. Is that a puerto rican name?

It's originally a Taino, native Puerto Rican tribe, word but I've often heard the root referred to as yuca (yuck-ah) even here in the midwest.

Looking through Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava

I found nothing in regards to the history of the plant in terms of how it made its way across the ocean or if it is a naturally occurring plant in both hemisphere.