Cassava Leaf (Ewe Paki)
Manihot esculenta
About Cassava Leaf (Ewe Paki)
Cassava Leaf (Ewe Paki) (Manihot esculenta) is a herb used in the Yoruba & West African Medicine tradition to help with Fever, Headache, Wound Healing, and Digestive Issues. 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