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Sweet Potato - Ipomoea batatas

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Of the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of Convolvulaceae, I. batatas is the only crop plant of major importance—some others are used locally, but many are actually poisonous.

Approvals

Animal	Part(s)	Comment
Birds	All
Canid	All
Equid	All
Felid	All
Herp-Invert	All
Hoofstock	All
Insectivore	All
Marsupials	All
Pachyderm	All
Phocid	All
Porcine	All
Primate	All
Rodentia	All
Small Mammal	All
Ursid	All

Locations

Location	Comments
Not On Grounds

Toxicity

Animal	Part	Comments	Citation

cattle	other livestock

images

Sweet Potato

Vegetable

Raw Data

    {'Approvals': [{'ApprovalAnimal': 'Porcine',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Marsupials',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Primate',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Insectivore',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Phocid',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Pachyderm',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Rodentia',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Hoofstock',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Small Mammal',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Equid',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Ursid',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Herp-Invert',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Felid',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Canid',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Birds',
                'ApprovalComments': 'No toxicity data found. Other Ipomoea '
                                    'species toxic however',
                'ApprovalPart': 'All'}],
 'BotanicalName': 'Ipomoea batatas',
 'Comments': 'The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant '
             'that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, '
             'sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. '
             'The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Of '
             'the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of '
             'Convolvulaceae, I. batatas is the only crop plant of major '
             'importance—some others are used locally, but many are actually '
             'poisonous.\r\n'
             '        ',
 'CommonName': 'Sweet Potato',
 'Images': [{'ImageType': 'Vegetable',
             'ImageURL': 'Images/rllsed34.00f.JPG\r'}],
 'Locations': [{'LocationComments': '', 'LocationName': 'Not On Grounds'}],
 'PlantID': '12',
 'Toxicity': [{'ToxicityAnimal': '', 'ToxicityPart': ''},
              {'ToxicityAnimal': 'cattle', 'ToxicityPart': ' other livestock'}]}