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Ipomoea batatas
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Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa
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Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa
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Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu
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Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
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Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
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| Synonyms: |
Convolvulus batatas L. Convolvulus edulis Thunb. |
| Common names: | Sweet potato (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, widely cultivated for its edible tubers. Stems with milky sap, prostate, rooting at the nodes, rarely twining. Leaves, up to 10 × 13 cm, triangular to broadly ovate in outline, entire or more or less deeply palmately 3-7-lobed, more or less cordate at the base. Flowers in several flowered axillary clusters on a long peduncle. Corolla funnel-shaped, pale mauve to whitish. Capsule ovoid. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | batatas: Haitian name for the Sweet potato |
| Habitat: | Occasionally found in wet sandy soils as an escape from cultivation. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1525 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Probably native to South America |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS,M |
| Growth form(s): | Climber. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Achaea catella (Larval food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 21 July 2012 |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 89 - 90. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 36. |
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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Ipomoea batatas
Flora of Zambia: Ipomoea batatas
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Ipomoea batatas
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ipomoea batatas
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ipomoea batatas
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ipomoea batatas
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