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Ipomoea leptophylla

Perennial

HomePerennialIpomoea leptophylla

Plains and dry banks, especially on sandy shores.

Family: Convolvulaceae
Height: 1.2 m / 4 ft
Sun
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 1 of 5

Native Habitat

Bush Moon Flower Ipomoea leptophylla native habitat is Plains and dry banks, especially on sandy shores.

Edible Uses

Root - raw or cooked. Crisp, sweet and tender. Some reports suggest that the root is not very nice and was only used when nothing else was available, this is probably because old roots were tried. Roots should be no more than 3 years old, preferably only 2. The roots can be up to 1.2 metres long and weigh 11 kilos. This report almost certainly refers to roots older than 3 years.

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