NCCWDB

Ipomoea batatas / Sweet potato / 红薯

  • Introduction
    Ipomoea batatas leaf shape and color often vary from variety to variety, and sometimes have different leaf shapes on the same plant, usually broadly ovate, 4-13 cm long, 3-13 cm wide, lobes broadly ovate, triangular-ovate or linear-lanceolate, the base of the leaf heart-shaped or nearly flat, the apex acute, sparsely pubescent or nearly glabrous on both sides, the leaf color is dark green, yellow-green, Purple-green, etc., the color of the parietal leaves is one of the characteristics of the variety, and the petioles vary in length, 2.5-20 cm long, and are sparsely pubescent or glabrous.
  • Common name: / Sweet potato / 红薯
  • Taxonomy: Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; asterids; lamiids; Solanales; Convolvulaceae; Ipomoeeae; Ipomoea
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