1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
SWEET POTATO. This plant, known botanically as Ipomaca. batatas (formerly as Convolvulus batatas), and a member of the natural order Convolvulaceae, is generally cultivated in most tropical countries for the sake of its tuberous root, which is an article of diet greatly in request. It is a climbing perennial with entire or palmately-lobed leaves very variable in shape borne on slender twining stems. The flowers are borne on long stalks in loose clusters or cymes, and have a white or rosy funnelshaped corolla like t…
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