Japanese Sweet Potato Runner Cutting x 2 – Untreated & Heirloom – Murasaki Sweet Potato – Ipomea batatas
Japanese Sweet Potato – Ipomea batatas is an easy-to-grow and very tasty perennial vegetable with lots of health benefits. ‘Sweet potato is considered an excellent source of dietary carotenoids, and polysaccharides, whose health benefits include antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activity, cardiovascular protection, anticancer properties and improvement in neurological and memory capacity, metabolic disorders, and intestinal barrier function. Moreover, the purple sweet potato, due to its high anthocyanin content, represents a unique food option for consumers, as well as a potential source of functional ingredients for healthy food products. (Emily P. Laveriano-Santos et.al., 2022)’. The leaves are also edible and we mostly use them in stir-fries or as a spinach substitute, braised for a couple of minutes in a little butter and garlic. Yumm!
I recommend you to watch my video about how to grow sweet potatoes from a cutting.
Eating tips: Great for boiling, baking, and grilling. This vegetable has to be cooked/boiled before eating.
The price is for two cuttings, which are naturally grown in my permaculture food forest. If you buy two lots, you get four cuttings. The runner length is about 20-30cm. Sending within Australia only. Not to WA, NT, TAS, Norfolk Island.
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References: Laveriano-Santos, E. P., López-Yerena, A., Jaime-RodrÃguez, C., González-Coria, J., Lamuela-Raventós, R. M., Vallverdú-Queralt, A., Romanyà , J., & Pérez, M. (2022). Sweet Potato Is Not Simply an Abundant Food Crop: A Comprehensive Review of Its Phytochemical Constituents, Biological Activities, and the Effects of Processing. Antioxidants, 11(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11091648
