Cassava vs Castor

Manihot esculenta compared with Ricinus communis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cassava	Castor
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family same	Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Manihot	Ricinus
Species	Manihot esculenta	Ricinus communis

Evolutionary Relationship

Cassava and Castor share a common ancestor at the Family level: Euphorbiaceae.

Conservation Status

Cassava

NE — Not Evaluated

Castor

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cassava	Castor
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cassava

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (6 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

Castor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (26 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (12 countries).

Cassava

The Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a species in the genus Manihot. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Castor

The Castor (Ricinus communis) is a species in the genus Ricinus. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and hi

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 24 countries:

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇹🇩 Chad 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇮🇳 India 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇸🇷 Suriname 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States