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Ipomoea calobra
Also called Wild Potato
Ipomoea calobra, commonly known as weir vine, is an Australian native plant found in northern Australia, largely Western Australia and Queensland.
It occurs on undulating plains, dunes, and hardpans in red sandy and clayey soils, and pebbly loam, and is often found twined up mulga and other acacias.
The tubers of this species are edible, and were a highly favoured staple food source (bush tucker) for Indigenous Australians. The mature tubers are broadly similar nutritionally to sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), with higher concentrations of starch, potassium (K), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn).
Ipomoea abrupta · Ipomoea aequatoriensis · Tropical white morning-glory · Redcenter morning-glory · Swamp morning-glory · Tree morning glory · Aristolochia Leaved Morning Glory · Ginger-leaf morning-glory · Ipomoea aurantiaca · Canyon morning-glory · Sweet potato · Ipomoea batatoides
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ipomoea calobra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
