00875naa a2200121 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000200006024500870008026000090016752005160017677300610069216488302000-05-12       1964    bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aTERRA, G. J. A.  aThe significance of leaf vegetables, especially of cassava, in tropical nutrition.  c1964  aAlthou in various tropical regions the young leaves of cassava are consumed in the manner of spinach, etc., even in quantitics up to 500 g per day, the use is not general. The leaves contain an average of seven per cent the fresh weight in protein, and the relative portions of the usually limiting amino-acids are fairly satisfying. The leaf- yields are high, from 7,000 to 20,000 kg per year, depending on the climate and method cultivation. This corresponds with 500 to I,400 kg protein per hectare per year.  tTropical and Geographical Medicinegv.2, p.97-108, 1964.