Manihot grahamii Hook. APNI* Synonyms: Manihot flabellifolia Pohl APNI*
Description: Shrub or small tree, 2–5 m high, much-branched, mostly glabrous.
Leaves mostly 7–13-lobed, lobes cut almost to the base; lobes ± oblong, mostly 5–10 cm long, 10–20 mm wide, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous, lower surface ± glaucous; petiole 5–20 cm long.
Racemes 3–10 cm long; pedicels 5–25 mm long. Perianth 8–13 mm long, green with purplish stripes.
Capsule 1.4–2 cm diam.; seeds 3, c. 10 mm long, mottled grey.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Cultivated in warmer districts, occasionally naturalized. Native of trop. Amer.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *NWS
Text by T. A. James & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 Suppl. (1999)
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