vegetable-producing plant, root, tuber or bulb morning-glory family Ipomoea Ipomoea batatas MANSFELD:21565 sweet potato Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poiret Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. PLANTS:IPBA2 batate The sweet potato (*Ipomoea batatas*) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, *Convolvulaceae*. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the potato (*Solanum tuberosum*) and does not belong to the nightshade family, *Solanaceae*, but both families belong to the same taxonomic order, the Solanales.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato] ipomoea batatas sweet potato plant requires discussion