Cassava as Ambiguous Plants: Study of the Role of Cassava in Java Island in the Colonial Period

Abstract

This paper entitled Cassava as Ambiguous Plants: Study of the Role of Cassava in Java Island in the Colonial Period using the historical method in the preparation. This paper discusses the role and benefits of cassava in Java during the colonial period. This paper reveals that cassava is useful as a trading crop and as a food crop during the colonial period. That situation then made the plant known as an ambiguous plant, because it has a dual role. This is an interesting finding because basically plants only have one benefit, namely whether they are trading crops or food.