Tapioca is a food ingredient, native to the planet Earth, used in cooking.
History and specifics[]
Flavorless, tapioca is produced from dried and treated cassava root. Tapioca is known to produce a pleasant scent, which is similar to a scent given off by the Borgia plant on the world M-113. (TOS - Star Trek 1 novelization: The Unreal McCoy)
In 2274, a prankster aboard the USS Enterprise rigged the food synthesizers to produce tapioca non-stop on nine decks. (TOS comic: "Husian Gambit")