Common name: Sweet Potato
Family: Convolvulaceae
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Country of Origin: believed to originate near Veracruz, Mexico
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.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 9a-11
Source: Unknown
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Solanales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Convolvulaceae
- SubFamily: Convolvuloideae
- Tribe: Ipomoeeae
- SubTribe:
References:
- Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, 04 April, 2019.
- ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Thursday, 04 April, 2019.
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