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Introduction to Growing Organic Sweet Potatoes Sweet Potato is an herbaceous perennial crop in the family Convolvulaceae. The botanical name of Sweet Potato is Ipomoea batatas and this crop is mainly grown because of its sweet taste and starchy roots. The tubers are a rich source of beta-carotene and used as anti-oxidants. The Sweet Potato plant is a branching, creeping vine with spirally arranged lobed, heart-shaped plant leaves and white or lavender flowers. This plant has enlarged roo...
