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Ipomoea batatas
 Sweet potato (yam)
 Patate douce
 Batata (boniato, camote)

Sweet potato

The sweet potato is a crop plant whose large, starchy, sweet tasting tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. The plant does not tolerate frost. It grows best at an average temperature of 24 °C.

 
 
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