These days, the drought-resistant crop is also touted as having health benefits - cassava root is gluten-free, high in vitamin C and rich in copper. I don't know if cassava remains branded as food ...
Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names) is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial ...