Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lamk.

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CONVOLVULACEAE
  • Basionym : Convolvulus batatas L.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
  • Common name : Sweet potato, Boniato, Camote, Sweet Potato
  • Vernacular name : Shakar kendi (Hindi); Genasu gedde (Kannada); Sarkaravalli, Kilangu (Tamil); Chilakada dumpa, Chelagada, Genasugadda (Telugu); Kandumulo (Oria); Cheenikizhangu, Chakkarakizhangu, Kappakizhangu, Madurakizhangu, Mathurakizhangu, Sarkarakizhangu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Mostly cultivated, sometimes as an escape. Tubers are edible
  • Key identification features : Creeping herb, roots tuberous
  • Flower, Fruit : October-April
  • Native : South America
  • World Distribution : Cultivated throughout the tropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ipomoea batatas. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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