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Can you eat potatoes from a decorative potato vine?

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While you can eat the potatoes from a decorative potato or sweet potato vine, they likely won't taste as good as the more common varieties you'd find at the grocery store or farmer's market.


Do decorative potato vines produce potatoes?

The bottom line is that ornamental sweet potatoes are bred specifically for their foliage, whether it be bright purple or vivid green. They produce fleshy, tuberous roots like their edible counterparts, but the quality of the tubers is generally not suitable for eating.

Are ornamental potato vines poisonous?

Ornamental sweet potato vines rarely produce flowers in most annual growing climates. The seeds are toxic to children. Symptoms of poisoning include visual and tactile hallucinations. Additional symptoms may include a flushed face, dilated pupils, diarrhea, vomiting, numb hands or feet, and sleepiness.

Are ornamental sweet potato vine leaves edible?

The sweet potato vine is an unexpected bonus when you're growing sweet potatoes — sweet potato leaves are edible! And even if you don't plan to grow them in your garden, sweet potato greens can be grown inside as an edible houseplant.

Are potato vines poisonous to humans?

Flowering potato vine (Solanum jasminoides) is a tropical plant with fragrant blooms that last throughout the summer. This showy plant with elegant white or blue-tinged flowers adds interest to a garden space but is also toxic to pets and humans if ingested.

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