manioc

The manioc plant shoots out stalks from four to six feet in height, with a number of large leaves at their upper extremities.

On these the manioc will be planted for two years and then new areas will be cleared in the same manner.

My wife had exerted herself in our absence to provide a good store of potatoes, and also of manioc root.

Are you aware that a plant called manioc supplies the starchy food of about one-half the population of tropical America?

Maize, kidney-beans, manioc, sugar-cane and vines are cultivated; and in ordinary years grain is exported to the other islands.