Manihot grahamii

Large shrub with flowers and fruit; planted in garden near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/03/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted shrub flowering & fruiting; garden near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/03/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Foliage and fruit; planted shrub in garden near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/03/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

A single palmate leaf of a planted shrub; garden near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/03/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Poisonous plant

Common name

Hardy tapioca

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Authority

Manihot grahamii Hook.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Brief description

Open-branched shrub or small tree; palmate leaves with 7-11 segments

Flower colours

Green

Life cycle

First seedlings collected in NZ in March 2018, near Whanganui

Year naturalised

2018

Origin

Brazil, Argentina

Tolerances

https://garden.org/plants/view/163715/Hardy-Tapioca-Manihot-grahamii/

Leaves and roots reportedly poisonous