Phytochemicals in Leaves and Roots of Selected Kenyan Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) Varieties

Table 1

Physical characteristics of leaves and roots of selected sweet potato varieties grown in Kenya.

Variety	Local name	Shape	Leaf colour	Mean leaf length (cm)	Shape	Skin colour	Flesh colour	Mean root length (cm)	Mean root diameter (cm)	Root maturity period (month)
Vitaa	Vitaa	Deep, five lobed leaf	Green	6.0	Obovate	Purple	Orange	21	20	4
Kabode	Kabode	Deep, five lobed leaf	Green	6.5	Elliptic	Purple	Deep orange	23	21	4
SPK4	Kakamega 4	Deep, five lobed leaf	Green	5.5	Elliptic	Purplish red	Orange	21	19	4
SPK031	SPK031	Deep, narrow five lobed leaf	Green	5.5	Obovate	Purple	Orange	11	24	4
Kenspot 5	Kenspot 5	Moderate, five lobed leaf	Green, purplish veins on the back	6.0	Elliptic	Purplish red	Orange	12	18	5-7
Kenspot 4	Kenspot 4	Reniform shaped, lateral lobed leaf	Green	6.0	Elliptic	Purplish red	Orange	15	18	5–7
Whitesp	Nyawoo	Moderate, five lobed leaf,	Green	5.5	Elliptic	Purple	White	25	24	6
Yellowsp	Nyamogo	Deep, five lobed leaf	Green	6.0	Elliptic	Cream	Yellow	25	23	6
K/KA/2004/215	Jankaroti	Deep, five lobed leaf	Young leaf-purplish, old leaf-green with purplish colour at the back	7.0	Elliptic	Cream	Light orange	16	23	4

Leaf and root parameters are mean values of 10 representative samples for each variety.