Ko te kūmara he momo tipu kōrau me kōpura mātotoru. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao he Ipomoea batatas.[1] Kua takea ia mai te rohe pārūrū o Ekuatoa ki te paparahi Amerika-ki-te-Tonga.[2][3]

Ngā akakōare o te kūmara

Ka whakatipua ia me te hahaina o tona akakōare mō te kai, e reka tona kiko. Ka āhei hoki ki te kainga tona rau pipihi.[4]

Ngā tohutoro

takatā
  1. Jennifer A. Woolfe (1992). Sweet Potato: An Untapped Food Resource. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, International Potato Center. ISBN 9780521402958.
  2. "Mystery of sweetpotato origin uncovered, as missing link plant found by Oxford research" (24 Hanuere 2022). University of Oxford.
  3. Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez, Tom Wells, John R. I. Wood, Tom Carruthers, Noelle L. Anglin, Robert L. Jarret & Robert W. Scotland (Hanuere 2022). New Phytologist. "Discovery and characterization of sweetpotato's closest tetraploid relative" 234 (4): 1185–1194. doi:10.1111/nph.17991
  4. "Cooking with Sweet Potato Leaves: A Nutritious Delight for Home Gardeners". The Seed Collection. 2024.