Sweet potato, also known as sweet potato, taro, dried sweet potato, purple potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, potato, pillow potato, sweet potato and so on. , an annual plant of convolvulaceae, is called sweet potato in different areas. Most of Henan and Shandong are called sweet potatoes. Most areas in northern Anhui and Fengxian county in northern Jiangsu are called red taro, Anqing in southwestern Anhui is also called "red taro", Hefei Lu 'an in central and southern Anhui is called taro, Shaanxi, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou are called dried sweet potatoes, Zhejiang is called sweet potatoes, and Jiangxi people are called sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, dried sweet potatoes and potato flour, and so on, Fujian and Guangxi.

People in different parts of the same area have different names for it. For example, although most areas in Shandong are called sweet potatoes, the locals near Tengzhou, Jining and Qufu in southern Shandong are used to calling them "taro", while the real taro is called "taro".

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Sweet potato is a well-known crop, but its name is easily confused. Sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, dazzling. In fact, sweet potato is the correct name, and everything else is just another name for sweet potato.

Because the fruit of sweet potato grows underground, many people call it sweet potato, but it is not a melon. Why do you say that? On the one hand, in plant taxonomy, sweet potato belongs to Convolvulaceae; As we all know, wax gourd, watermelon, pumpkin and cucumber all belong to cucurbitaceae and belong to different plant disciplines. In terms of taste and morphology, melons have melon seeds and scoops, which are crisp and refreshing, and can be eaten raw or cooked. Sweet potato has no kernel and high starch content. If eaten raw without high temperature, it is not easy to digest, and it is prone to abdominal distension, belching and other discomfort. On the other hand, most dialects in China are called "sweet potato" without the word "sweet potato", which is also called "sweet potato" in many countries such as Japan and South Korea. Is that sweet potato a sweet potato? Sweet potato is just another name for sweet potato. As the "patriarch" of "sweet potato family" in plant taxonomy, sweet potato still wants to be called by the scientific name "sweet potato". Sweet potato and purple sweet potato are short for red sweet potato and purple sweet potato, and red and purple are just different skin colors to show the difference.

In Fujian, Jiangxi and other places, sweet potato is called Meng sweet potato by the older generation because of its simple and honest posture. With the craze of animation culture and the popularity of selling cute funny elements, most of them are now renamed as cute sweet potatoes. Because the shape of sweet potato is similar to that of Taiwan Province Island, people in Taiwan Province Province have the habit of calling themselves sweet potatoes and are proud of calling themselves "sweet potatoes"!

Sweet potato has a high yield. When the Red Army was fighting guerrilla warfare, it was short of materials and longed for a full meal. Later, I learned from farmers in mountainous areas that planting sweet potatoes can effectively cope with hunger, so I planted some sweet potatoes in front of and behind my house with my friends in mountainous areas. The military and civilians also played the slogan "It is not difficult to eat sweet potatoes in the soil". bale