Bhatata

Bhatata sitjalo lesinetigaba letimbili emndenini we morning grory yase, iConvolvulaceae. Silimo noma sibhindvo lesiyimphandze, lenkhulu futsi lenesitashi, naletinambitseka kamnandzi, lokukudla lokuyinhloko etincenyeni temhlaba. Tinhlobo temazambane lanongotelako tikhuliswe kutsi tikhicite tindumbu letinenyama nesikhumba semibala leyehlukene. Ngetulu kwaloko, emacabunga lamancane kanye nemacembe ngalesinye sikhatsi kudliwa njengeluhlata . Bhatata nemazambane kuhlobene kakhulu, kokubili kusesigabeni se Solanales . Noma emazambane lamnyama avame kwatiwa ngekutsi ngema yams etincenyeni tase North America, akudze kakhulu nema yams mbamba, lokungema monocots ngekulandzelana kwe Dioscoreales .

Bhatata uvela etindzaweni letishisako taseNingizimu Melika e -Ecuador yalamuhla . Kuletinhlobo leticishe tibe ngu 50 kanye netinhlobo letingetulu kwenkhulungwane te Convolvulaceae, iI. batatas nguyona kuphela sitjalo sesilimo lesibaluleke kakhulu—letinye tisetjentiswa endzaweni (sib., <i id="mwPQ">I. aquatica</i> ‘kangkong’ njengesibhidvo lesiluhlata), kepha letiningi tinebuthi. Luhlobo lwe Ipomoea lolucuketse emazambane lanongotelako luphindze lufake timbali letinyenti tengadze letibitwa ngekutsi ngema morning glories, kepha lelo gama alikavami kunwetjwa ku I. batatas . Letinye tinhlobo te I.batatas titjalwa njengetitjalo tekuhloba ngaphansi kweligama lelitsi tuberous morning glory futsi ngalesinye sikhatsi tisetjentiswa esimeni sekulima. Bhatata angaphindze abitwe ngema yams eNorth America.