Hello friend, I'll be writing about the Euphorbiaceae family. this family is has a lot of flowering plants. The family contain about 6,745 species in 218 genera all members of the family are very important because they serve as food sources, some are useful with their waxes also oils, and source of medicinal drugs.
This group of family their they have a monacious flowers meaning that both male and female flowers are born on the same plant. In this family, their leaves are arranged in simple alternated positions. Also when you break their stem you find milky latex their fruit is called CAPSULE.
Some of the species in this family are used for an ornamental purpose that means to beautify an environment
most of them the tree back is used to get dye
most of them the wood got from them are high in resisting water so in that case can be used to build bridges
the juice that comes out from some species in this family can be used to cure ringworms and some other skin diseases.
Getting a little understanding about Euphorbiaceae and its economic importance is let pick cassava as it's among the family.
cassava plant
Its botanical name is Manihot esculenta, and it's kind of is -Plantae, it's a tuber plant just like yam, potato, carrot, etc. The cultivation of cassava worldwide has increased due to its large importance in the economy. Cassava is rich in carbohydrates production.
Cassava should not be eaten fresh because it contains a poisonous substance called CYANIDE and its toxic to ingest. Which can cause so many effects like paralyzed legs in children, iodine will be very low, intoxication and death(i have witness death as a result of eating raw cassava).
To remove the naturally occurring cyanide from cassava you have to soak and cook it well so these compounds will be harmless.
pell the cassava
grind if you want to make garri, slice if you want to make tapioca.
soak them in water very well
boil it till it's well cooked
also frying and baking is good too.
frying process of cassava to get garri
USES OF CASSAVA
Cassava is used widely to produce bioethanol for fuel, to manufacture fabrics, paper, building materials like plywood. It's used to obtain starch too, semolina and floor which can be used to get another food like baking.
Cassava's self food can be obtain from it like cassava chips, cassava cake, tapioca, floor etc.
In conclusion
Plants are very important in today world as their uses are limitless from them we can achieve a lot of products and food to nourish and strengthen us to carry out our every day work. Plantings should be encouraged. Thanks for reading through my piece article.
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