Ipomoea batatas is a productive and adaptable crop. Its tubers are an important source of food, starch, and raw material for producing alcohol. The stems and leaves can be used as livestock forage. In ancient Chinese texts, the name now used for "sweet potato" refers to Dioscorea alata Linnaeus, and not this species. Common Names: in English : Spanish potato, sweet potato, sweet potato vine, yam in Benin : kukunduku in Burkina Faso: bassi, déguibo, kotoloko, kunduba, nayia, téguibo, tingo, toma ule, voso, vosu in Burundi : imibuto, umujumbu in Cameroon : makeu, ton’ho-la in Comoros : maniyambatsi in Congo : kandolo, limenge, lugozi, mabenze, matembele, osokoro, tondolo in Gabon : amongo, égwèta, émongo, futa, gémongo, imongo, lémongho, lifita, lungu, mbongo, mongo, mongo y’onigi, mongu, namôngha, ofogola in Ivory Coast : bassi, déguibo, téguibo, tingo in Kenya : abanyabwasi, bwere, chamai, mabwe, mîrîyo,...