Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

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PLANTS OF YAP
Clarence «Ci? Y. Wong
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY EXPEDITION. COORDINATED INVESTIGATIONS OF
MICRONESIAN ANTHROPOLOGY (CIMA).
HAËVAÊD	ttë
^miPCINlA EXPEDITION	(1947)	DAtJ^.
... Ipomoea batatas
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Namebf plant: Native.
? T.l^l NSoXok» RuX» YaP	?	?........Altitude
on clay soil form schist rodks
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\Ttee (/ .), Shrub ( jp Vine ( x), Herb (	),~
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iÿifeét...-Â^..................Diameter,	breast high, in inches.....  ...............,.....
flrtwpr ^purple, connate cor alia* white on the outer petals, purple in tne center>>
Spécial notes
Èthnobotanic uses....The-r4>-ota--ar4i--^aten..hy..hoilin6-.them..until..aooJcad#...It..aan..ha..ccx3Lhflh.AmdaE§l
ground pit(uom); a pit is dug and a fire is made, then is c ove r edwi thleavès of thgjg|
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tKeroots are cooked.Another way the sweet patatoes are cooked is to boil pieoe#.;t®^
root which ara cat In chunks and boiled with pork, with salt to taste. v
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