Sweet potato
| Sweet Potato | |
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| Sweet potato in flower Hemingway, South Carolina |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Ipomoea |
| Species: | I. batatas |
| Binomial name | |
| Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. |
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The Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a plant that is a member of the morning glory family, grown for its sweet, edible, tuberous roots. Sweet potatoes contain a lot of fiber and beta-Carotene. They are eaten around the world.
History[change | change source]
In Peru, the use of sweet potatoes dates to 8000 BC.[1]
Sweet potatoes were introduced a food crop in Japan in 1735[2] and in Korea in 1764.[3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Steingold, Alison Clare. "The Uber Tuber," Hana Hou! Vol. 11, No. 4, p. 2 (August/September 2008); retrieved 2012-1-6.
- ↑ Takekoshi, Yosaburō. (1930). Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of Japan, p. 352.
- ↑ Kim, Jinwung. (2012). A History of Korea: From 'Land of the Morning Calm' to States in Conflict, p. 255.
