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Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Sweet-potato

Ipomoea batatas
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Family: Convolvulaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Vine

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Native Range: Mexico, Central America and South America; widely cultivated around the world and sometimes naturalizing.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

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Other data on Ipomoea batatas available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Ipomoea batatas
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Ipomoea batatas
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Ipomoea batatas
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr