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family Euphorbiaceae subfamily
Crotonoideae
Manihot aesculifolia (HBK) Pohl;
Shrub
with fleshy storage roots, monoecious; stems weakly woody, brittle;
leaves alternate, deeply palmately lobed, almost compound; leaf
lobes variable, elliptic to deeply lobed (pandurate), apex acute
to acuminate; flowers in clusters at the end of the stem, pistillate
flowers towards the base, staminate flowers throughout the remainder
of the inflorescence; fruit an explosively dehiscent capsule with
3 seeds.
Additional image:
- leaves
- leaves
(photographed near Dzilbilchaltun)
- staminate
and pistillate flowers (photographed near Dzilbilchaltun;
the staminate flower came from a different inflorescence and
was inserted between two pistillate flowers for comparison)
Shrub
with fleshy storage roots, monoecious; stems weakly woody, brittle;
leaves alternate, deeply palmately lobed, almost compound; leaf
lobes variable, elliptic to deeply lobed (pandurate), apex acute
to acuminate; flowers in clusters at the end of the stem, pistillate
flowers towards the base, staminate flowers throughout the remainder
of the inflorescence; fruit an explosively dehiscent capsule with
3 seeds.
