List of sweet potato cultivars

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List of sweet potato cultivars

This list of sweet potato cultivars provides some information about varieties and cultivars of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). The sweet potato was first domesticated in the Americas more than 5,000 years ago.[1] As of 2013, there are approximately 7,000 sweet potato cultivars. People grow sweet potato in many parts of the world, including New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Hawaii, China, and North America. However, sweet potato is not widely cultivated in Europe.[2]

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A sweet potato plant in bloom at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology botanical garden
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Edible sweet potato roots photographed in Karlsruhe, Germany

People breed sweet potatoes mainly either for food (their nutritious storage roots) or for their attractive vines. (The variety 'Vardaman' is grown for both.) The first table below lists sweet potato cultivars grown for their edible roots; the second table lists cultivars bred as ornamental vines. In the first table, the Parentage column briefly explains how the sweet potato cultivar was bred. Sweet potato plants with desirable traits are selectively bred to produce new cultivars.

Sweet potato cultivars differ in many ways. One way people compare them is by the size, shape, and color of the roots. The more orange the flesh of a sweet potato root is, the more nutritious carotene it has. (Humans metabolize carotene into vitamin A.) The skin of a sweet potato root is a different color than the flesh. The biological word for the outer skin is epidermis; the flesh is called the pith or medulla. The first table below has a general description of the color of the root's flesh and skin.

In the mid-20th century, sweet potato growers in the Southern United States began marketing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes as "yams", in an attempt to differentiate them from pale-fleshed sweet potatoes.[3] Even though these growers called their products yams, true yams are significantly different. All sweet potatoes are variations of one species: I. batatas. Yams are any of various tropical species of the genus Dioscorea. A yam tuber is starchier, dryer, and often larger than the storage root of a sweet potato, and the skin is more coarse.[3] This list does not include yams.

Cultivars bred for edible roots

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Many of the sweet potato cultivars below were bred at agricultural experiment stations. An agricultural experiment station (AES) is a research center where scientists work to increase the quality and quantity of food production. Agricultural experiment stations are usually operated by a government agency and/or a university.

More information Name, Plant breeder ...
Name Plant breeder Parentage Root skin (epidermis) colour Root flesh (medulla) colour Notes Origin
Acadian Louisiana State University[4]L21 × L131[4]copperorangeDoes not appearUS
Allgold / Okla. 240 Oklahoma State University–Stillwater[4]Creole × Triumph (Parent 10)[4]tan[1]orangeDoes not appearUS
Americana  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
Apache USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)[4](Yellow Yam 149 × Nancy Hall 42–1) × (Pelican Processor Triumph)[4]orange ?Does not appearUS
Australian Canner Department of Agriculture (Australia)[4] ? ? ?Adaptation trials/naming by USDA et al.[4]Australia
Ayamurasaki  ?indigenoussangriaplumAlso called beniimoOkinawa
Baker / V 2158 Norfolk, Virginia[4]Virginian × numbered seedling[4] ? ?Does not appearUS
Beauregard Baton Rouge, Louisiana[4]open-pollinated seedling of L78-21[4]rose[5]orange[5]First cultivated in 1987[5]US
Bonara  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
Campeon  ? ?light red[6]white[6]Commonly called boniato[6] (a word for sweet potato in Cuban Spanish) ?
Canbake / G-52-15-1 Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station (AES)[4] ? ? ?Does not appearUS
Caro-Gold Clemson College[4]C317 × Goldrush[4]bright purpleorangeDoes not appearUS
Carolina Bunch US Vegetable Laboratory (USDA Agricultural Research Service); South Carolina AES[4]open pollinated seedling of Excel[4]light copperdeep orangeDoes not appearUS
Carolina Nugget North Carolina State University[4]HM1-36 × Lakan[4]rosymedium orangeFirst cultivated in 1954[4]US
Carolina Ruby North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS)[4]open pollinated seedling of Beauregard[4]dark red to purple-red[5]dark orange[5]First cultivated in 1988[5]US
Caromex North Carolina State University[4]NC228 × NC234[4]dark copperdeep orangeFirst cultivated in 1971[4]US
Carver Tuskegee Institute[4]Centennial × Jewel[4]deep rosedeep orangeDoes not appearUS
Centennial / L-3-77 Louisiana AES (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)[4]Unit IPR × Pelican Processor[4]orange[7]orange[7]Does not appearUS
Chipper  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
Covington NC98-608 North Carolina State University[4] ?rose[5]orange[5]Smooth skin[5]US
Cliett Bunch Porto Rico / Georgia Bunch Porto Rico University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station (Tifton, Georgia)[4]mutation from Vining Porto Rico[4] ? ?Similar to Vining Porto Rico[4]US
Coastal Red University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station (Tifton, Georgia)[4]open-pollinated seedling from GA-76[4]redmedium orangeFirst cultivated in 1978[4]US
Coppergold L. A. Sharum (Fort Smith, Arkansas)[4]selected mutation in Allgold[4]russet copper ?Does not appearUS
Cordner Texas AES and Oklahoma State University[4]copper[5]medium orange[5] ?First cultivated in 1983[5]US
Creole  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
Darby Louisiana AES (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)[4]open pollinated seedling of L 83-523[4]dark roseorangePurple stems[4]US
Don Juan Puerto Rico AES (Río Piedras, Puerto Rico)[4]selected from native stock[4] ? ?Does not appearPuerto Rico
Earlyport Louisiana AES (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)[4](Mameyita × seedling L-4-6) × (seedling L-5 × Triumph)[4]copperorangeSimilar to Porto Rico[4]US
Earlysweet / T-3 University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station (Tifton, Georgia)[4]Porto Rico × unnamed breeding lines[4]light-skinneddeep orangeDoes not appearUS
Eureka Louisiana State University AES; University of California AES[4]L9-163 × LO-132[4]copperorangeDoes not appearUS
Evangeline Louisiana[8] ?roseorange[8]Does not appearUS
Excel USDA and the South Carolina AES[4]open-pollinated seedling of Regal polycrossed in 1981 to 29 other parental selections[4]light copperorangeSkin color is slightly lighter than that of Jewel[4]US
GA90-16 Georgia AES; US Vegetable Laboratory (USDA ARS)[4] ? ?whiteLow sugar, low maltose[4]US
Garnet  ? ?pale copperbrilliant orangeCommonly called "yams" in the United States to distinguish them from O'Henry sweet potatoes[4]US
Georgia Jet  ? ?purplish reddeep orangeDoes not appearUS
Georgia Red / T-6 University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station (Tifton, Georgia)[4]Porto Rican crosses[4]coppery-red skin ?Similar to Porto Rico[4]US
Gold Rush Louisiana AES (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)[4](Mameyita × Seedling L4-6) × (Seedling L-5 × Triumph)[4]light copperdeep orangePurple stems[4]US
Golden Belle Bryce Woods (Rogers, Arkansas)[4]Nancy Gold mutation[4] ?goldenFlesh color differs from Nancy Hall.US
Goldmar Maryland AES (College Park, Maryland)[4]Redmar mutation[4]golden ?Cultivated in 1973. Similar to Redmar, but different skin color.[4]US
Grand Asia  ? ?pinkwhiteBoniato-type similar to 'Japanese'[9] ?
Hannah Sweet  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
Hayman White  ? ?tan[10]cream[10]An heirloom variety of the Eastern United States[11][12]US
Heartogold Louisiana State University[4]Mameyita × Yellow Yam[4]flesh-coloreddeep orangeDoes not appearUS
Hernandez Louisiana State University AES[4]seedling of L70-323[4]burnt orange[5]deep orange[5]First cultivated in 1992[5]US
HiDry Clemson University; USDA[4]fourth-generation, open-pollinated selection from MK-14[4]whitecreamCultivated for industrial use[4]US
Hoolehua Gold  ? ?pale redorangeDoes not appear ?
Hoolehua Red  ? ?redoff-whiteDoes not appear ?
Hopi / HM-122 USDA Horticultural Field Station (Meridian, Mississippi)[4] ? ? ?Does not appearUS
Houhere Māori traditionalpre-European "kūmara" type[13]pinkyellowRectangular tubersNew Zealand
Hutihuti Māori traditionalpre-European "kūmara" type[14]creamcreamLong, thin, up to 20 roots per plant[13]New Zealand
Iliua  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
Japanese / Oriental  ? ?purplish redpaleBoniato-type.[9] Comparatively lower moisture.[8] ?
Jersey Orange / Orange Little Stern Kansas State College; Rutgers University[4] ?orange-browndeep orangeSize and shape are similar to that of Jersey Yellow[4]US
Jersey Red  ? ? ? ?An heirloom variety[10]US
Jersey Yellow  ? ?golden, buff, or tancream to bright yellowAn heirloom variety[10]US
Jewel North Carolina State University ?copper[5]deep orange[5]First cultivated in 1970.[5] Commonly called "yams" in the United States to distinguish them from O'Henry sweet potatoes.US
Kandee / K1716 Kansas State College[4]La 1946 Cross 17 × 1 (yellow yam × Nancy Hall)[4]reddish bronzebright orangeDoes not appearUS
Kona B  ? ?pale red to orange-redlight orangeDoes not appear ?
Kote Buki  ? ?purplish redwhiteMid-season ?
Lakan / L-0-123 Louisiana AES (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)[4](Unit IPR × Pelican. Processor) × (Mameyita × L-4-6)[4]reddish-bronze to reddish-tanbright orangeDoes not appearUS
Mameyita  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
Maryland Golden  ? ? ? ?Does not appearUS
Miguela  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
Murasaki  ? ?hybiscuspaleLow moisture[8] ?
Murff Bush Porto Rico E. L. Murff (Normangee, Texas)[4]Porto Rico mutation[4]copper[7]orange[7]First cultivated in 1949. Similar to Porto Rico.[4]US
Nancy Gold Kansas State College AES[4]Nancy Hall mutation[4]buff-coloreddeep-orangeSkin color differs from Nancy Hall[4]US
Nancy Hall  ? ?tanyellowDoes not appear ?
Nemagold / Okla. 46 Oklahoma State University–Stillwater[4]Yellow Jersey (Orlis strain) × Okla. 29[4] ? ?Does not appearUS
Northern Star  ? ? ? ?Cultivated in Australia ?
Nugget / NC-171 North Carolina AES (Raleigh, North Carolina)[4]NC-124 × (NC-41 × B5965)[4] ? ?Does not appearUS
O'Henry Henry Wayne Bailey [(Vardaman, MS)][15]Beauregard mutation[15]coppery tanlemon creamVariant of Beauregard[8]US
Okla. 46 Oklahoma State University–Stillwater[4]Okla. 29 × Orlis [Okla. 29-Parent 10 (see Allgold) × L37 (see Red Gold)][4]golden russetorangeRoots and vines are like yellow Jersey or Orlis; shouldered leavesUS
Oklamar / Okla. 52 Oklahoma State University–Stillwater AES[4]Oklahoma 5 × Australian Canner[4]purplesalmonDoes not appearUS
Oklamex Red Oklahoma and New Mexico AESB 1564 × PI 153655dark redsalmonExtremely sweet, moist root; yam-typeUS
Onokeo  ? ?violetivoryDoes not appear ?
Onolena / HES number 14 Vegetable Crops Department, University of Hawaii (Honolulu)[4]Porto Rico × Nancy Hall[4]tandark orangeSimilar to Porto Rico[4]US
Orange Sunset Plant & Food Research ?purpleorange and purpleFirst cultivated in 2014[16]New Zealand
Orlis Kansas State College[4]mutation from Common Little Stem Jersey[4]bronze ?Similar to Little Stem JerseyUS
Owairaka Red Fay Gock and Joe Gock[17]waina type[18][16]dark redyellowAs of 2000, the preeminent cultivar of New Zealand (followed by Toka Toka Gold and Beauregard)[19]New Zealand
Papota USDA ARS; Tropical Agricultural Research Station[4]International Institute of Tropical Agr. seedling[4]whitebeigeTurnip-shaped root[4]US
Parapara Māori traditional ?pink ?Medicinal variety, used to feed babies, the elderly, and the sick[20]New Zealand
Pelican Processor / L-5 / L-4-5 Louisiana AES (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)[4]selfed seedling of Americana[4]creamlight creamDoes not appearUS
Picadita  ? ?purple-red[6]white[6]Commonly called boniato[6] (a word for sweet potato in Cuban Spanish) ?
Pope North Carolina State University[4]NC 288 × 304[4]light salmonmedium orangeDoes not appearUS
Poporo Māori traditional ?purplepurpletraditional sweet and dry variety[20]New Zealand
Porto Rico 198 / Porto Rican / Puerto Rican North Carolina[5] ?rose-pink[5]orange mottled[5]First cultivated in 1966[5]US
Purple Dawn Plant & Food Research ?purplepurpleFirst cultivated in 2014[16]New Zealand
Purple Heart / Okinawa Okinawa Island ?tangrapeAlso cultivated in HawaiiJapan
Queen Mary / L-126 Louisiana AES (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)[4]Porto Rico × Nancy Hall[4] ? ?Similar to Porto Rico[4]US
Ranger Louisiana State University[4]Porto Rico × Nancy Hall[4]flesh-coloredorangeSimilar to Nancy HallUS
Rapoza  ? ?ivorypurpleDoes not appear ?
Rekarawa Māori traditional ?white ?chestnut flavour[20]New Zealand
Rekamaroa Māori traditionalpre-European "kūmara" type[13][14]white ?Does not appearNew Zealand
Red Diane  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
Red Garnet  ? ?deep red to purple[15]orange[15]Does not appear ?
Red Jewel  ? ?reddeep orangeDoes not appear ?
Red Nancy Kansas State College[4]mutation of Nancy Gold[4]redorangeSimilar to Nancy Gold[4]US
Redglow University of Georgia AES; California AES[4]open pollinated seedling of GA-109[4]light, purple-reddeep orangeDoes not appearUS
Redgold / Okla. 26 Oklahoma State University–Stillwater[4]Okla. 2 × L37 (seedlings involving Creole, Nancy Hall and Porto Rico)[4]redorangeDoes not appearUS
Redmar / Md 2416 Maryland AES (College Park, Maryland)[(K18400 × B6313) × Shoreland × (Virginian × K1846)]red ?First cultivated in 1971. Similar to Nemagold[4]US
Regal USDA ARS; South Carolina AES (Clemson University); Texas Agricultural Station (Texas A&M University)[4]seedling of W-99 polycrossed with 29 other parental selections[4]dark purplish-redorange to deep orangeDoes not appearUS
Resisto USDA; South Carolina AES; Texas AES[4]seedling of W-56[4]reddish-copperdark orangeDoes not appearUS
Rojo Blanco Tuskegee Institute[4]Rose Centennial × White Triumph[4]deep redmilk whiteDoes not appearUS
Romanawa Māori traditional[20] ?goldyellow/orangeDoes not appearNew Zealand
Rose Centennial  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
Ruddy US Vegetable Laboratory (USDA ARS); South Carolina AES[4]open pollinated seedling of W-119[4]red skinorangeDoes not appearUS
Scarlet North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS)[4]selected from meristem-tip culture derived clones of Jewel[4] ?orangeDoes not appearUS
Shore Gold Virginia Tech Experiment Station[4]open pollinated seedling of L7-177 from the Louisiana breeding program[4]light copperbright orangeDoes not appearUS
Southern Delite USDA ARS; Clemson University[4][15]an open pollinated seedling of W-99[4]rose to dark copperorangeMade publicly available in 1986.[15] Skin color varies with soil type[4]US
Stokes Purple Unknown (North Carolina)[21]purple graydark purpleMade publicly available in 2012.US
Sumor USDA ARS; United States Vegetable Laboratory; South Carolina AES (Clemson University); Edisto Research and Education Center[4]open pollinated seedling of W-154[4]light tanwhite to yellowComparatively high vitamin C[15]US
Sunnyside USDA (Beltsville, Maryland and Louisiana)[4](Yellow Yam × Nancy Hall) × (Pelican Processor × Triumph)[4] ? ?Does not appearUS
Sweet Red North Carolina State University[4]open pollinated seedling of NC 258[4]deep copper-reddeep orangeDoes not appearUS
Tango USDA; Missouri AES (Columbia, Missouri); Sweet Potato Cooperative Group (Beltsville, Maryland)[4]Nancy Hall × Porto Rico 1-10[4] ? ?Does not appearUS
Tanhoma Oklahoma State University–Stillwater AES[4]selection Australian Canner[4] ? ?Does not appearUS
Taputini Māori traditionalpre-European "kūmara" type[14]creamcreamLong, thin, up to 20 roots per plant[13]New Zealand
Toka Toka Gold  ? ?goldwhiteBecame commercially available in 1972[22][16]New Zealand
Topaz Texas AES[4]open pollinated seedling of W-26[4]bronzemedium orangeDoes not appear ?
Travis Louisiana AES[4]polycross with L3-217 as seed parent[4]rosedeep orangeFirst cultivated in 1980US
UPLSP-1  ? ? ? ?Cultivated in the Philippines[23] ?
UPLSP-2  ? ? ? ?Cultivated in the Philippines[23] ?
U.P.R. number 3 Puerto Rico AES (Río Piedras, Puerto Rico)[4]selected from Mameya; open-pollinated[4] ? ?Does not appearPuerto Rico
U.P.R. number 7 Puerto Rico AES (Río Piedras, Puerto Rico)[4]L-240[4] ?deep orangeDoes not appearPuerto Rico
Vardaman  ? ?golden[7]light orangeDoes not appearUS
Virginian / V-53 Truck Experiment Station (near Norfolk, Virginia)[4]Maryland Golden × B-219[4]purplish-red to copper-redbright orangeDoes not appearUS
VSP-5  ? ? ? ?Cultivated in the Philippines[23] ?
VSP-6  ? ? ? ?Cultivated in the Philippines[23] ?
Waimanalo Red  ? ?redpearlDoes not appear ?
Waina  ? ? ? ?Vining variety brought to New Zealand in the 1800s[18] ?
White Delite North Carolina State University[4]cross between a University of Georgia breeding clone (GA41) and an unknown pollen parent[4]purplish pink[5][9]white[5]First cultivated in 1979[5]US
White Triumph  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
Whitestar USDA (Beltsville, Maryland)[4]cultivar Laupahoehoe (Hawaii)[4]whitepaleDoes not appearUS
Yellow Yam  ? ? ? ?Does not appear ?
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Cultivars bred for ornamental vines

More information Name, Cultivator(s) ...
Name Cultivator(s) Leaf color Leaf shape Notes
Black Heart / Ace of Spades / Purple Heart  ?dark purplish with purple veinsheartDoes not appear
Blackie  ?purple and green blend ?Darker than Black Heart
Bronze Beauty  ?copper ?Same leaf shape as Blackie
Copper  ?chartreuse to purple ?Does not appear
Freckles  ?green and yellow mottled ?Does not appear
Gold Finger  ?lime greenlobedDoes not appear
Ivory Jewel  ?green and ivory streakedheartDoes not appear
Lady Fingers  ?green with purple veinslobedDoes not appear
Marguerite / Chartreuse / Sulfur  ?chartreuse ?Does not appear
Mini Blackie  ?dark green with purple veins ?Leaf color is lighter than that of lacinato kale
NCORNSP011MNLC / Illusion® Midnight Lace  ?dark green with purple veins ?Does not appear
NCORNSP012EMLC / Illusion® Emerald Lace  ?chartreuselobedDoes not appear
Purple Tuber  ? ? ?Does not appear
Seki Blakhrt / Chillin™ / Blackberry Heart  ? ? ?Does not appear
Sidekick Black  ?deep purplelobedDoes not appear
Sidekick Lime  ?greenlobedDoes not appear
Sweet Caroline Bewitched Purple / PP18574 Craig Yencho; Ken Pecota (2006)[24][25]dark green to vivid burgundy ?Does not appear
Sweet Caroline Bronze / PP15437 Craig Yencho; Ken Pecota; Cindy Pierce (2002)[24][25] ? ?Does not appear
Sweet Caroline Green  ? ? ?Does not appear
Sweet Caroline Green Yellow  ? ? ?Does not appear
Sweet Caroline Light Green  ? ? ?Does not appear
Sweet Caroline Purple  ? ? ?Does not appear
Sweet Caroline Red  ? ? ?Does not appear
Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Light Green  ? ? ?Does not appear
Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Red  ? ? ?Does not appear
Sweet Georgia Heart Purple  ? ? ?Does not appear
Terrace Lime  ? ? ?Does not appear
Tricolor  ?green, white, pink ?Medium-size leaves
Vardaman  ? ? ?Does not appear
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