CAT-00116
Bush potato
Ipomoea costata
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Root / tuber
- Latin name
- Ipomoea costata
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Bush potato
- Source URLs
- https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/FullTextFiles/148780.pdf; https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/268701-1 Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00116
- Mature width
- Not confirmed; allow spread appropriate to growth habit
- Native range
- Northern and central inland Australian dry habitats.
- Plant family
- Convolvulaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Regional / traditional food plant
- Mature height
- Not confirmed; habit described in brief description
- Native states
- NT, QLD, WA
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Published food use; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Capsules follow flowers.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Cooked tubers
- Flowering season
- Species-specific period not yet confirmed.
- Brief description
- Vigorous perennial desert vine with underground tubers.
- Drought tolerance
- High once established; growth responds to rain.
- Preparation notes
- Use correctly identified underground food part; cooking and preparation need confirmation.
- Flower description
- Flower appearance not yet confirmed from the reviewed species-specific sources.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Specialist raised-bed trial with support; identify tuber and preparation correctly.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Dry capsules; large underground tuber is the food component.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded