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Also Known As	Ipomoea batatas

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Freshly harvested sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) with soil still clinging to their skins, lying on the ground.

Several slices of raw sweet potato with orange flesh are arranged on a wooden surface.

sweet potato farming, Papua New Guinea

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