Manioc is the French word for cassava. Cassava is a shrubby plant with gnarled stems and tuberous roots in the Euphorbiaceae family. It can reach heights of 1.50 to 2 meters.

Native to Brazil and probably throughout tropical America, it has certainly been introduced in our islands by their first occupants, the Arawaks and especially the Caribs, who made ​​frequent expeditions to the Greater and Lesser Antilles, as well as the continent.

So this plant existed in Guadeloupe and Martinique in the early days of colonization. The cassava is consumed mainly in Martinique in flour. Many dishes are made with this flour, like Féroce d'avocat.