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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFebruary is National Sweet Potato Month!
Facts about Sweet Potatoes
"The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Amongst the approximately 50 genera and more than 1000 species of this family, only I. batatas is a crop plant whose large, starchy, sweet tasting tuberous roots are an important root vegetable (Purseglove, 1991; Woolfe, 1992). The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the potato (Solanum tuberosum). It is commonly called a yam in parts of North America, although they are only very distantly related to the other plant widely known as yams (in the Dioscoreaceae family), which is native to Africa and Asia.
The genus Ipomoea that contains the sweet potato also includes several garden flowers called morning glories, though that term is not usually extended to Ipomoea batatas. Some cultivars of Ipomoea batatas are grown as ornamental plants.
This plant is a herbaceous perennial vine, bearing alternate heart-shaped or palmately lobed leaves and medium-sized sympetalous flowers. The edible tuberous root is long and tapered, with a smooth skin whose color ranges between red, purple, brown and white. Its flesh ranges from white through yellow, orange, and purple."
http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/national_sweet_potato_month.html
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...I love sweet potatoes! The husband hates them, but I think I might have to create something awesome that he can't resist!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I think I will have some over the weekend!
RILib
(862 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)I made candied yams one year that he loved, but it's not the healthiest way to serve them.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)just a large sweet potato or baked potato myself and we often do with a side of other veggies.
tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)She didn't even know it was the month to support them.
Flaxbee
(13,661 posts)and crisp apple (peeled and chopped) all mixed together with a tiny bit of brown sugar.
Really, really, reaaalllllly good stuff.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)shut mah mouth!