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Morning glories as food

 
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Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm way out there. But if the leaves, flowers, and stems of morning glories are an edible food, AND used interchangeable with sweet potato leaves and etc in some asian cuisines.... whhhhyyy has no one dug up the root that can apparently get 20 feet long and see if it too is interchangeable with sweet potato? Same family, non poisonous, invasive. Could this be a major food source? Thoughts?
 
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If you are talking about Ipomoea pandurata then yes.

It has a large root that can be eaten if cubed and boiled in at least two changes of water. Never eat it raw. It is also called Wild Potato Vine and “Man of the Earth” because it can create huge roots. Younger and smaller is better. Young roots can also be roasted but they will be on the bitter side.  Boiling twice is the preferred method, then roast the boiled cubes if you like.



https://www.eattheweeds.com/ipomoea-water-land-see-in-gardens/
 
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That is a type but I guess a better phrased question would be are ALL morning glory roots edible sweet potato style tubers? Like  Ipomoea purpurea? Have lots of them around and love them, but am trying to find a beneficial reason fory need to have them everywhere.😅
 
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Hi Anna,

This is well outside my area of expertise, but some varieties  may not be what you want to consume.  Some varieties contain D-lysergic Acid.
 
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I do not have that answer.  But, common field bindweed (which is probably the most hated morning glory, but one I find very pretty) has shown remarkable inhibition of the growth of cancerous tumors.  So, it does have that use.  It is used fresh, so that would lead me to believe it would be edible..  I used to grow the heavenly blue variety on a picket fence in my back yard in GA.... that is one seriously productive plant! It could grow so much in one season it was pulling the fence down.  I will follow this conversation with great interest!
 
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I have heard about the seed properties as that is the only thing the internet has to say about morning glories it seems...not my interest!
I believe chinese medicine uses morning glory flowers of all varieties in tea for various issues. Glad I'm not the only one that loves the look of bindweed!
 
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there’s been no evidence of nice sweet-potato-ish roots at times when we’ve tilled bindweed. the roots are very thin.
 
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Gosh, whenever I've bought ornamental morning glory seeds, the info on the packet emphasizes that all parts of the plant are toxic!

Please don't go tasting bits of it to see how it goes down. Keep asking and researching and don't taste any unless you're very very sure it's the same species and preferably same variety as something you find reliable info about!
 
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We have the light blue kind growing like crazy, and I've also seen no evidence of a sweet potato-like root. Every year I like to let ONE, vine grow on my fence because they are really so beautiful, but for that ONE, I must pull up 30-40 out of my garden bed. And my garden bed is only 5 meters by 1 meter.  The roots, when young, are thin and stringy.
 
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