Cassava Leaf (Muhogo)
Manihot esculenta
About Cassava Leaf (Muhogo)
Cassava Leaf (Muhogo) (Manihot esculenta) is a herb used in the East African Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Wound Healing, Digestive Issues, Fever, and Rheumatism, among 1 other condition it addresses. The leaves are the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Manihot esculenta (commonly called cassava (/kəˈsɑːvə/), manioc, yuca, mandioca and Brazilian arrowroot) is a woody shrub native to South America of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates. Though it is often called yuca in Spanish and in the United States, it differs from yucca, an unrelated fruit-bearing shrub in the family Asparagaceae. Cassava, when...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist