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Sweet Potato
	Sweet potato in flower; Hemingway, South Carolina
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.

Sweet potato

Sweet potato cake (Réunion).

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.

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Sweet Potato

Sweet potato in flower Hemingway, South Carolina
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.