Donate SIGN UP

Sweet potatoes

Avatar Image
Amandabc | 11:48 Mon 20th May 2002 | Food & Drink
1 Answers
Does the sweet potato belong to the deadly nightshade family? I know the potato does, but was wondering about the sweet potato.
Gravatar

Answers

Only 1 answerrss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by Amandabc. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
Sweet potato (the orange ones - Ipomoea batatas) Same order (Solanales), different family (convilvulaceae as opposted to Solanaceae). I didn't realise these weren't yams - so I've learnt something new today! Check out http://www.museums.org.za/bio/index.htm for a really good resource on taxonomy.

Andy

Only 1 answerrss feed

Do you know the answer?

Sweet potatoes

Answer Question >>