Chit-Chat | Cassava and its various names

Cassava and its various names

Brazil is one of the world’s largest producers of cassava root: 23 million tons per year.

In the northeast of the country it is called macaxeira; in the south, aipim or mandioca.

But it is also other nicknames throughout Brazil, such as maniva, pão-de-pobre, macamba, uaipi and pau-de-farinha.

• Read about the complete name in the time of the Portuguese Empire