Alien
Perennial , herbaceous climber with underground tubers . Stems prostrate or ascending , often rooting at the nodes , glabrous or very slightly pubescent . Leaves 4–14 x 4–16 cm , heart or egg-shaped , truncate or cordate at the base , entire or palmately ± deeply 3–5-lobed , sometimes with toothed margins ; petiole 4–20 cm long . Inflorescences cymes 1–several-flowered ; peduncle 3–18 cm long ; pedicels 3–12 mm long . Flowers sepals oblong to elliptic-oblong , 7–12 , acute ; petals violet to pale purple or white , forming a trumpet shape , often darker in colour inside the tube . Fruits capsule , dry , dehiscent , ovoid . Seeds glabrous . (Ref . POWO ; 2023) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
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Batatas batatas (L.) H.Karst.
Convolvulus batatas L.
Ipomoea batatas var. batatas
Pharbitis villosa (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don
Dioscorea cylindrica Burm.f.
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Sweet Potato
Sweet Potato Vine
Edible Sweetpotato
Ornamental Sweetpotato
Batata
Cultivated for its edible tubers. Findal sometimes boiled with mashed dates to give it the starchy-sweet flavour. It usually consumed during winter seasons giving more energy and warm to the body. In few places in N Oman this well known tuber is known as "jazar" which is the common Arabic name used for Carrot. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://mashedradish.com *https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
