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What Vegetable?

9 years ago

Please ID, thank you!

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mingtea
9 years ago
Looks very sweet potato-ish to me, some sort of Ipomoea.

-Ming
Zaqa
Original Author
9 years ago
That is what I was wondering. The tips are so elongated that I am unable to locate the species though.
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mingtea
9 years ago
There are many, many cultivars of ipomoea batatas, including ornamental varieties that have vastly different leaf shape and coloration. Incidentally, I. batatas leaves are edible and eaten everywhere except the northern hemisphere and Europe, it seems!

-Ming
Deeby
9 years ago
That's a pretty name, MingTea. It sounds like glass wind chimes.
Zaqa
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you. Yes, cultivars are somewhat baffling when identification is concerned. I will continue to seek out the cultivar, perhaps when the designer of this bed is near, I will be able to enquire.

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