When one works cassava on an international scale, the different names you encounter can get confusing. Recently when speaking with a consultant about our project, she told me she was unfamiliar with the root, until I found the correct name.
“Cassava…” I said. She was nonplussed. “Yuca, Manioc…” “Ah! Mandioca!” she replied. “Yes, I know it well.”
So that this never happens to any of our readers, we’ve compiled a list of names for cassava by country.
Africa: (English) – cassada
Africa: (French) – Manioc, maniocs
Africa: (Lingala) – pondu
Africa: (Swahili) – mogo, mihogo
Brazil: mandioca, aipim, macaxeira
China: 木薯, mushu
Ghana: bankye
Haiti: kassar
Holland: cassave
India: कसावा, sagudana, sabudana, kappa
Indonesia: Singkong, ubi kettella, kaspe, ubi kayu
Japan: キャッサバ, kyassaba
Latin America: yuca, ramu, monioca, boba
Malaysia: ubi kayu
Nigeria: apku, ege, ugburu
Paraguay: mandió
Phillipines: balanghoy, kamomteng kahoy, kasaba, gawgaw
Polynesia: manioke, tapioka, manioka
Sri Lanka – Maniok
Thailand: มันสำปะหลัง, man sampalang, mansapparrang, มันสำปะหลัง
USA: Cassava, cassavas
Vietnam: cŭ sắn, Khoaí mì, bȏt nǎng
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