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Updated 10/7/2012
Family Convolvulaceae
HAWAII - POLYNESIAN
INTRODUCTION
Ipomoea batatas
SWEET POTATO VINE
'UALA
Native vine from South America widely cultivated in warm regions
worldwide. Leaves heart-shaped or deeply 5-lobed. Sweet tuberous roots are an important food & feed
crop, young leaves also eaten. First introduced
to Hawaii by Polynesian settlers and grown in hillside
terraces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato |
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