English: Anjilattali; Bhuyikohata; Finger leaf morning-glory; Giant potato; Mutalakkizhangu.
Region: pantropical; Africa, Australia; naturalised in Taiwan, Australia, Belize, Benin, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Colombia, DRC, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Honduras, Indonesia, Laos, Madagascar, Mauritius, Micronesia, Federated States of Myanmar, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo and Venezuela.
Habitat: riparian forests; waste places, dwarf forests near seashores, thickets, montane forests, stream sides; elevations from sea level to 1100 metres.
Use: tubers medicinally; ornamental; edible; seeds for coagulating milk.

BotanyHerb; perennial; vine, climbing.
Root: tuberous rootstock.
Stems: woody near the base, herbaceous near the tips; scramble over the ground, or twine into other plants; up to 10 metres long.
Flower: flowering all year round.
DD: Ipomoea digitata.