pbs Digest, Vol 36, Issue 32
al houston (Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:41:14 PST)
Does Ipomea aquatica happen to grow in the Solomon Islands by any chance?
I used to keep a large colony of Corucia zebrata and have read that Ipomea
was their preferred food. No mention was made in the herp literature as
to which species actually grew there however.
Al Howell in Houston Texas
1. Ipomoea aquatica (John Grimshaw)
2. Re: Ipomoea aquatica and others (piaba)
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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:18:19 -0000
From: "John Grimshaw" <j.grimshaw@virgin.net>
Subject: [pbs] Ipomoea aquatica
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I've had the leaves of Ipomoea italica in the Philippines, where it is
cooked rather like spinach. It grows in ponds with long floating stems on
the surface, though I expect that it would form a bushy plant if out of
water or the pond dried up. In East Africa the leaves of sweet potato, I.
batatas, are eaten in the same way.
John Grimshaw
Dr John M. Grimshaw
Garden Manager, Colesbourne Gardens
Sycamore Cottage
Colesbourne
Nr Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL53 9NP
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