Imo potato Daruma

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Imo Daruma, いもだるま potatoe Daruma




harvest from my friend Ishino


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Some real sweet potatoes, satsuma imo Daruma
生いもだるま




and from the same author, some dolls of Daruma with the form of a long sweet potatoe


Imo Hime Daruma いも姫だるま











Imo Daishi Daruma 藷大師達磨



source : だるまさん色々

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The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), commonly called a yam in parts of North America (although they are not actually yams), is a dicotyledonous plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Amongst the approximately 50 genera and more than 1000 species of this family, only I. batatas is a crop plant whose large, starchy, sweet tasting tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the potato (Solanum tuberosum). It is even more distantly related to the true yam (Dioscorea species), which is native to Africa and Asia.



The genus Ipomoea that contains the sweet potato also includes several garden flowers called morning glories, though that term is not usually extended to Ipomoea batatas. Some cultivars of Ipomoea batatas are grown as ornamental plants.

This plant is a herbaceous perennial vine, bearing alternate heart-shaped or palmately lobed leaves and medium-sized sympetalous flowers. The edible tuberous root is long and tapered, with a smooth skin whose color ranges between red, purple, brown and white. Its flesh ranges from white through yellow, orange, and purple.
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. WKD : Potato (jagaimo)

. WKD : Sato-imo 里芋 Taro potato

. WKD : Sweet potatoe (satsuma imo 薩摩芋)



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