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|familia=Convolvulaceae
|genus=Ipomoea
|species=mauritiana
|common_name=giant potato
|habit=vine-climber
|features=flowers
|flowers=purple, single
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The '''giant potato''' (''Ipomoea mauritiana'') is a type of [[morning glory]] plant. Like the [[sweet potato]], it belongs to the ''[[Ipomoea]]'' genus. It grows as a vine.
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Ipomoea digitata, Linn. (I. paniculata, R. Br. I. palmata, Hort., not Forsk.). Fig. 1963. St. trailing or climbing, 20-40 ft.: lvs. 3-7 in. wide, 5-7-parted, the segms. elliptic, sometimes spatulate, entire: fls. numerous, in a 2-branched cyme; corolla l ½ -3 in. wide, broadly bell-shaped, 5-lobed, pinkish purple or pink: seeds with a dense tuft of dirty white wool springing from the apex. July-Sept. Tropics of both hemispheres. R.H. 1853:381. B.R. 62; 333 (as I. platensis). B.M. 3685 (as I. platensis). Gng. 2:311.—One of the best tuberous-rooted ipomoeas for the garden or warm- house. In the N. it may be used with fine effect if grown in a tub and trained to an adjacent pillar or trellis, the vine being cut off before frost and the tub stored. Farther south the tubers may be planted directly in the open, and will give a profusion of bloom nearly all summer. var. insignis, Hort. (I. insignis, Ker). Lvs. not palmately divided, nearly entire or lobed, the under surface sometimes purplish. B.M. 1790. B.R. 75.—There are few plants of var. insignis in cult.
Ipomoea digitata, Linn. (I. paniculata, R. Br. I. palmata, Hort., not Forsk.). St. trailing or climbing, 20-40 ft.: lvs. 3-7 in. wide, 5-7-parted, the segms. elliptic, sometimes spatulate, entire: fls. numerous, in a 2-branched cyme; corolla l ½ -3 in. wide, broadly bell-shaped, 5-lobed, pinkish purple or pink: seeds with a dense tuft of dirty white wool springing from the apex. July-Sept. Tropics of both hemispheres.—One of the best tuberous-rooted ipomoeas for the garden or warm- house. In the N. it may be used with fine effect if grown in a tub and trained to an adjacent pillar or trellis, the vine being cut off before frost and the tub stored. Farther south the tubers may be planted directly in the open, and will give a profusion of bloom nearly all summer. var. insignis, Hort. (I. insignis, Ker). Lvs. not palmately divided, nearly entire or lobed, the under surface sometimes purplish. —There are few plants of var. insignis in cult.
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==Cultivation==
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==Varieties==
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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