If you want sweet potatoes to eat, the tubers from your ornamental sweet potato vines are indeed edible. 14 окт. 2021 г.
Are the roots of the sweet potato vine edible?
Like the edible varieties the ornamental sweet potato vine will produce tuberous roots. The purple tuberous roots are edible but gardeners who have tried them, say they're not tasty. Some gardeners try saving the tuberous roots overwinter much like dahlias. They store them in a cool dark location.
Are sweet potato vines toxic to humans?
The leaves, stems, and tubers of sweet potato vine are not toxic. The tubers are edible, but ornamental varieties were bred to produce lovely foliage, not a delicious crop.
Can you eat what grows on a sweet potato vine?
Sweet potato vines, and the tubers they grow, are not poisonous to humans. In fact, ornamental sweet potato vine tubers are edible and will not hurt you if you consume them. They come in a variety of attractive colors, so you might be tempted to eat them, but you should be aware that they do not taste very good.
What parts of the sweet potato plant are edible?
The young shoots, the leaves and the tubers are all edible raw. A trypsin inhibitor occurs in the shoots, leaves, stems and tubers of sweet potatoes and some references claim that because of this we should not eat them raw.
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