Ipomoea costata

Ipomoea costata

Taxobox
name = Bush potato
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Solanales
familia = Convolvulaceae
genus = "Ipomoea "
species = "I. costata"
binomial = "Ipomoea costata"
binomial_authority =

Bush potato, is an Australian native plant. It is found in Central Australia. It's scientific name is "Ipomoea costata".

It is a bush tucker food for Aborigines. Bush potatoes are cooked in the hot earth beside the fire, and potato is still eaten in the desert today.

It is a fast-growing creeper with large purplish-pink trumpet flowers.

External links

* [http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/council/services/plants.asp?id=208 Alice Springs Town Council]


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