Growth habit

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The sweetpotato is a herbaceous and perennial plant.  However, it is grown as an annual plant by vegetative propagation using either storage roots or stem cuttings. Its growth habit is predominantly prostrate with a vine system that expands rapidly horizontally on the ground. However, depending on the length of internodes and frequency of branching, cultivars may be described as erect, semi-erect, spreading and very spreading.

 

Source: Huaman, Z. Systemic botany and morphology of the sweetpotato plant. Technical Information Bulletin 25. International Potato Centre, Lima, Peru. 22 p.

Root system

Stem

Leaves

Flowers

Fruit and seeds

Storage root

Stages of plant development

Sweetpotato growth habits (Z. Huaman).