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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.
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Root
system
Stem
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
and seeds
Storage
root
Stages
of plant development
 Sweetpotato
growth habits (Z. Huaman). |
