Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Sl.No. Variety Duration Remarks
1 H-41 120 days
  • Excellent cooking quality
  • Sweet tubers
2 H-42 120 days
  • Excellent cooking quality
  • Sweet tubers
3 Sree Nandini 100 - 105 days
  • Early maturing
  • Drought tolerant variety
  • Catch crop in paddy fallows.
4 Sree Vardhini 100 - 105 days
  • Early maturing
  • Carotene rich variety for food and feed
5 Sree Rethna 90 - 105 days
  • Early maturing
  • carotene rich orange fleshed variety
6 Sree Bhadra 90 days
  • Early maturing
  • Trap crop for nematodes
7 Sree Arun 90 days
  • Early maturing
8 Sree Varun -
  • Highly palatable variety.
9 Sree Kanaka Short duration (75–85 days)
  • Very high carotene (8.8-10 mg/ 100 g).
10 Kanjanghad 105–120 days
  • KAU variety

Local varieties

  • Badrakali Chuvala
  • Kottayam Chuvala
  • Chinavella
  • Chakaravalli
  • Anakomban