Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_ipomoea_batatas
Sweet potato
Ipomoea batatas
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About Sweet potato
ʻuala is a crop vine in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is polynesian introduction.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea batatas
- Common names
- Sweet potato
- Hawaiian names
- ʻuala
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Order
- Solanales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Polynesian introduction
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Dryland agriculture · Gardens · Disturbed lowlands
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Crop vine
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Cultivar loss, pests, drought, land conversion
- Conservation actions
- Cultivar registry, cultural agriculture restoration
- Monitoring
- Cultivar registry, cultural agriculture restoration
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- ʻuala is a crop vine in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is polynesian introduction.
