The sweet potato or sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous
plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family,
Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are
used as a root vegetable.[1][2] The young shoots and leaves are
sometimes eaten as greens. Cultivars of the sweet potato have been bred
to bear tubers with flesh and skin of various colors. Sweet potato is
only distantly related to the common potato (Solanum tuberosum), both
being in the order Solanales. Although darker sweet potatoes are often
referred to as "yams" in parts of North America, the species is not a
true yam, which are monocots in the order Dioscoreales.[3]
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