Better Farming Series 16 - Roots and Tubers (FAO - INADES, 1977, 58 p.): Sweet potatoes: Description of the plant: Varieties of sweet potato

Better Farming Series 16 - Roots and Tubers (FAO - INADES, 1977, 58 p.)

Sweet potatoes

Description of the plant

		(introduction...)
		Varieties of sweet potato
		Where are sweet potatoes grown?

Varieties of sweet potato

Varieties of sweet potato differ greatly in the number, shape and size of their tubers and in the color of the peel and flesh of the tubers.

Sweet potatoes may be round or elongated. In colour they are white, yellow, red or violet, with soft or firm flesh. They may weigh between 0.3 and 3 kilogrammes.