Vegetable Seed Production:

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Seed Identification:

Scientific Name: Ipomoea batatas
Common Name: Sweet Potato
Family: Convolvaceae
Weight: n/a

Sweet potatoes are hexaploid and do not grow true to type from seed. The are almost always vegetatively propagated and seeds are only used by plant breeders. The seeds are similar to Chinese water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica), which is in the same family.