It is a plant of the genus Dioscorea in the family Dioscoreaceae.

Sweet potato, also known as sweet potato, is a plant of the order Liliaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, genus Dioscorea, and species of sweet potato.

Morphological features:

Twisting herbaceous vine. Underground tuber top branching end expanded into ovoid tuber, outer skin yellowish, smooth. Stem left-rotating, basally spiny, butternut-shaped pilose. Leaves alternate, broadly heart-shaped, male inflorescences in spikes, solitary, male flowers sessile or with very short pedicels, bracts ovate, apically acuminate, perianth shallowly cupular, pubescent, capsule 3-angled, apical part retuse, base truncate, each angle winglike. Seeds orbicular, winged. Fl. early summer.

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Medicinal use:

Sweet potato is sweet, flat and nontoxic in nature, and can tonify the spleen and stomach, nourish the heart and mind, benefit vitality, promote lactation, and remove persistent stagnant organs and toxins. In the 12 kinds of vegetables with anti-cancer health effects, sweet potato is on the top of the list, known as the "king of anti-cancer".

Nutrition:

Sweet potato is rich in nutrients, rich in starch, sugar, protein, vitamins, cellulose and a variety of amino acids, is very good nutritional food.

Eating:

Sweet potato as a staple food, in addition to direct consumption of fresh potatoes or dried potatoes, can also be mixed with rice, cornmeal, etc., made into pancakes, steamed buns, noodles and other food; as a side dish, mainly after simple processing can be made into a variety of food and food additives. Sweet potato flour can be added to the bread to increase the content of vitamins and calcium in the flour, so that the bread nutrient composition is more complete. Dried fruit made of sweet potato, not only soft and sweet and delicious, but also inexpensive.

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