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

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