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Ipomoea pandurata


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Ipomoea pandurata
  • Scientific Name: Ipomoea pandurata
  • Common Name: man of the earth
  • Symbol: IPPA
  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Ipomoea
  • Family: Convolvulaceae
  • Family Common Name: Morning-glory family
  • Order: Solanales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Vine, Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
  • Edible: unknown
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    Wild Potato Vine


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  • Scientific Name: Ipomoea pandurata
  • Common Name(s): Wild Potato Vine
  • Edible: yes
  • Medicinal: yes
  • Parts Used: root


  • Rick
    17 Jul, 2008

    Wild Potato Vine is a trailing vine with singly attached heart shaped leaves and large 2-4 inch (5-10) cm - bell like white flowers with pink-purple centers. The root is large, vertical and deeply buried. You can use the root as a potato and bake or boil it. They resemble slightly bitter sweet potatoes. You may need to boil them in several changes of water to remove the bitterness. WARNING: The raw root is a purgative
    Current Rating: 0.6667
    crashdive123
    13 Sep, 2009

    American Indians poulticed root for rheumatism, "hard tumors". Root tea used as a diuretic, laxative, and expectorant, for coughs, asthma, beginning stages of tuberculosis; "blood purifier"; powdered plant used in tea for headaches, indigestion.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    Rokas
    6 Aug, 2008

    this plant is young nut taste and when boiled colours water green, so I think it can be used as paint
    Current Rating: -0.5000

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