You are here: Seed Production: Convolvaceae: Sweet Potato
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.
Vegetable Seed Production, Copyright Dr. Greg Welbaum,
Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech, 2005