naturalizedConvolvulaceae
Ipomoea batatas
sweet potato
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the potato (Solanum tuberosum) and does not belong to the nightshade family, Solanaceae, but both families belong to the same taxonomic order, the Solanales.
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Seasonality
Only 3 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 81 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 199 · GBIF 236 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 50 · GBIF 36 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 46 ✓
Naholoku · MauiGBIF 33
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 5 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 13
Kalamaʻula · MolokaʻiGBIF 13
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea · NiʻihauGBIF 8
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuGBIF 4
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keoniki, Kauniho, Wa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 2
ʻŌhikilolo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāmākualoa · MauiiNat 2
Makaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2
Honalo, Māʻihi 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Launiupoko · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makawao · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolua · MauiGBIF 2
Kīkoʻo · MauiGBIF 2
ʻAlaeloa · MauiGBIF 2
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1
Kualoa 2 · OʻahuiNat 1
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1
Moaliʻi · MauiiNat 1
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kawaihae 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kanaio · MauiiNat 1
Hōlualoa 3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
West Honomāʻele · MauiiNat 1
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Puua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiGBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waipiʻoiki · MauiGBIF 1
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1