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Accession Data:

Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

  • subg. Eriospermum sect. Eriospermum subsect. Batatas

  • Common Name: Sweet potato, Kumara
  • Family: Convolvulaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Central America and the Pacific Islands

  • Description: [faan sue, fan sheu, sat suma-imo, Louisiana Yam]
    [Vietnamese: khoai lang]

    One of the more important root crops that yields sweet potatoes. Can also be used to cover fences and banks.

  • Culture:
  • USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500817
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1319 - NEOA: South Bench W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-15-2018

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Solanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Convolvulaceae
  • SubFamily: Convolvuloideae
  • Tribe: Ipomoeeae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Edible Plants
  • Root Vegetables - True Roots
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • Medicinal Plants - Traditional African Medicine

References (external):

Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997

data regenerated on Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:42:22 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Convolvulaceae

Subfamily Convolvuloideae
Tribe Convolvuleae

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Subfamily Convolvuloideae
Tribe Cresseae

  • Evolvulus glomeratus

Subfamily Convolvuloideae
Tribe Ipomoeeae

  • Ipomoea batatas
  • Ipomoea bolusiana
  • Ipomoea horsfalliae
W/C = Wild Collected
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