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The sweet potato or sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable. [3][4] The young shoots and leaves are sometimes eaten as greens.
Sweet potato, food plant of the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae), native to tropical America. The fleshy roots are served as a cooked vegetable, in whole or mashed form, and are used as pie filling.
The sweet potato or sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable. The young shoots and leaves are sometimes eaten as greens.
Scientific name: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Other taxonomic names: – Convulvus batatas L. (1737) – Batata edulis (Thunberg) Choisy (1833) Family: Convolvulaceae. Origin: Sweet potato is native to tropical America.
Ipomoea batatas, commonly called sweet potato or sweet potato vine, is native to tropical America. It is a tuberous rooted tender perennial that has been cultivated for its orange-fleshed edible tubers for over 2000 years. It was reportedly brought back to Europe from the New World by Columbus.
Scientific Name: Ipomoea batatas. Common Name: Viazi vitamu (Swahili); Makwasi (Kikamba, Kenya); Mapwoni (Luhya, Kenya) Sweet potato tubers are consumed raw as a vegetable or processed into flour or starch. The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.
Sweet potatoes (scientific name lpomoea batatas) are often called “yams” in the United States. However, true yams (Dioscorea sp.) are starchy edible roots that are white in color and have tough skin, which makes them difficult to peel. Sweet potatoes grow under the soil while their leaves grow above the ground.
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a member of the Convolvulaceae family of flowering plants, which includes the morning glory, chokeweed, and water spinach. The sweet potato has been cultivated for thousands of years for its tuberous roots .
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens.
Sweet potato is a member of the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae) and is therefore not closely related to potato (Solanum tuberosum), which is a member of Solanaceae.