Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. [Convolvulaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
apichu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
atapamirutakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attakattati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attakattatikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balee	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
batala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
batat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
batata	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
batata doce	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014)
batata hilwah	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
batata-da-terra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
batata-doce	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
batate	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bellagenasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boniato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
brazilian arrowroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bíme mábi	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
cakkaravallikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camote	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cari	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
carkkarai valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carkkaraikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carkkaraivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carkkaraivallikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carukkaraivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carukkaraivallikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charukkarai valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chelagada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilagadadumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilagadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilakada dumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinkarakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappuccarukkaraivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cunaivakini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cunaivakinikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dì guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fah foon	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
fan shu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fan shu ye	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
fān shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fān shǔ téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ganasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
genasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
genasu gadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
genasu gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
genasugadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gensugadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
genusu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goguma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gān shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hakkar kand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hsi hua fen	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
irattapintakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamote	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kan shu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kan shu chiu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kanamgi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanda gadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandagranthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantakalukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapakalenga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kappa-kelanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kappa-kelengu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katela	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
katela rambut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
katelo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keladek	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keladi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keledek	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kelibang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ketela	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
khoai lang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kkumara	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
koi	Other, Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
kumara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumarakanpentir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumarakanpentirkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumaranmanaivimulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumaranutamanaivimulan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuumara	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
madhurakkilannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
man-thet	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
matembele	Other	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
matumulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maturavallikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirutavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirutavallikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mitaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mitha alu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mitha-alu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mohanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mucuttai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukhaaluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
musuttai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myonk-ni	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nattuccarkkaraivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattuvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
otikilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
otikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palivikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papa dulce	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
patate	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
patate des jardins	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
patate douce	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pavalaccarkkaraivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pichhila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pilau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pindalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pindaluh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinditaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitacaratakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitacaratam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
raktakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
raktaluh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktapindaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rataalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ratale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rathaal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rathali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
romashakandaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakharkand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakkaraivallik-kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakkareivelleikilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakkareivelleikulangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sakkarkand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakkeri-vellei-kelangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarilici patates	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sarkarai valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarkaraivalli-kilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarkkarakkilannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satuma-imo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
see gensasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seenikizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
setilo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shakar-kand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shakardand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shakarkand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shakarkandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shan yu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
shu yu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sihi genasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sihigenasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sthulakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svadukandaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet potato	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sweet-potato	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweetpotato	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
swit-patatawiwiri	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
süßkartoffel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tela	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
thella dumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuktuka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tǔ guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi china	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi jalah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi jalar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi jolah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi katelo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi keladek	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi keladi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi keledek	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi pelo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi pilo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi randau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vallikilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattalaikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattalankilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venezuelian arrowroot	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
wild potato vine	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
wild potato wit	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
yam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zoete aardappel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
‫بطاطا حلوة‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
コウィ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
土瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
地瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甘薯	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
番薯	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
番薯叶	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
番薯藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Tuber		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
stem, leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
root		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
root, whole plant, leaves, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves	fresh leaves	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
leaves		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 64 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Batatas edulis (Thunb.) Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 435 (1833 publ. 1834)[Conv. Or.: 53]
Convolvulus batatas L. Sp. Pl.: 154 (1753).
Ipomoea batatas var. batatas
Ipomoea batatas var. edulis (Thunb.) Makino in T.Makino & K.Nemoto, Fl. Japan: 476 (1925).
Ipomoea fastigiata Sweet Hort. Brit.: 288 (1826).
Batatas batatas (L.) H.Karst. Deut. Fl.: 973 (1882), not validly publ.
Batatas betacea Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 93 (1839).
Batatas edulis var. erythrorrhiza Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 353 (1845).
Batatas edulis var. leucorrhiza Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 353 (1845).
Batatas edulis var. porphyrorhiza (Griseb.) Ram.Goyena Fl. Nicarag. 2: 649 (1911).
Batatas edulis var. xanthorhiza Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 338 (1845).
Batatas wallii C.Morren Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 2: 285 (1846).
Batatas xanthorhiza Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 225 (1837), nom. nud.
Convolvulus apiculata M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(9): 262 (1845).
Convolvulus attenuatus M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(9): 261 (1845).
Convolvulus batata Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 73 (1829).
Convolvulus chrysorrhizus Sol. ex G.Forst. Pl. Esc.: 55 (1786).
Convolvulus edulis Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Nat., ed. 14.: 203 (1784).
Convolvulus edulis Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 72 (1829), sensu auct.
Convolvulus esculentus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 123 (1796), nom. superfl.
Convolvulus fastigiatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 48 (1824), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus platanifolius Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 26 (1794).
Convolvulus septangularis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 411 (1840).
Convolvulus tuberifer Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 412 (1840).
Convolvulus tuberosus Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 72 (1829), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus tuxtlensis Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic.: 37 (1893).
Convolvulus variabilis Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 5: 116 (1830).
Convolvulus varius Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 73 (1829).
Dioscorea cylindrica Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 315 (1768).
Ipomoea batatas var. caespitosa Makino ex H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon.: 165 (1948).
Ipomoea batatas var. cannabina Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 37 (1899).
Ipomoea batatas var. dissoluta Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 442 (1891).
Ipomoea batatas var. erythrorrhiza (Voigt) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 3B: 321 (2001).
Ipomoea batatas var. fastigiata (Sweet) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 442 (1891).
Ipomoea batatas var. indivisa Griseb. ex Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 282 (1869).
Ipomoea batatas var. leucorrhiza Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 468 (1862).
Ipomoea batatas var. leucorrhiza (Voigt) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 3B: 321 (2001), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea batatas var. lobata Gagnep. & Courchet in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 4: 241 (1915).
Ipomoea batatas var. porphyrorhiza Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 468 (1862).
Ipomoea batatas var. subscandens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 442 (1891).
Ipomoea batatas f. trifida Moldenke Phytologia 2: 224 (1947).
Ipomoea batatas var. xanthorhiza (Choisy) Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 282 (1869).
Ipomoea catesbaei G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 113 (1818).
Ipomoea chrysorrhiza Hook.f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 2: 760 (1867).
Ipomoea confertiflora Standl. Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 461: 83 (1935).
Ipomoea davidsoniae Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 98 (1940).
Ipomoea edulis Niederl. Bol. Mens. Mus. Prod. Argent. 3(29): 190 (1890).
Ipomoea edulis (Thunb.) Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 1: 293 (1907), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea fastigiata var. ciliata Huber Bol. Mus. Paraense Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 2: 512 (1898).
Ipomoea fastigiata var. platanifolia (Vahl) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 468 (1862).
Ipomoea indica var. variabilis (Cham. & Schltdl.) L.O.Williams Fieldiana, Bot. 32: 191 (1970).
Ipomoea involucrata F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 4: 130 (1818), nom. superfl.
Ipomoea mucronata Schery Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 463 (1941).
Ipomoea platanifolia (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 220 (1819).
Ipomoea purpusii House Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 18: 248 (1908).
Ipomoea tiliacea var. merremioides Fosberg Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 21: 14 (1975).
Ipomoea tiliacea var. smithii Fosberg Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 21: 15 (1975).
Ipomoea variabilis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 383 (1845).
Ipomoea villosa Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 2: 12 (1799).
Ipomoea villosa var. genuina Hallier f. Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 16(Beih. 3): 53 (1898 publ. 1899), not validly publ.
Ipomoea vulsa House Muhlenbergia 3: 45 (1907).
Ipomoea wallii (C.Morren) Godm. & Salvin Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 599 (1882).
Pharbitis villosa (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 263 (1837).
Solanum batatas (L.) Aikman in Barham, Hort. Amer.: 222, 153 (1794).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Batata edulis Choisy	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Batatas edulis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Convolvulus batatas	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Convolvulus batatas L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ipomea batatas	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ipomea batatas (L.) Lam.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Ipomoea batatas	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. of Bantu, Beni & Lubero (Kasika et al., 2014)
Ipomoea batatas (L.) L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Trad. Med. of Bantu, Beni & Lubero (Kasika et al., 2014) Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. var. batatas	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir.	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. var. edulis (Thunb.) Kuntze.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Ipomoea batatas (Linn.) Lam.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Ipomoea batatas (Linn.) Lamk.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ipomoea batatas L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Ipomoea batatas LAM.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Ipomoea batatas Lam.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ipomoea batatas Poiret	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Ipomoea batatas Poiret var. batatas Makino	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ipomoea batatas Poiret var. edulis Kunth	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ipomoea batats Poiret	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ipomoea fastigiata (Roxb.) Sweet	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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