Sweet potato varieties

Sweet potato has got a number of varieties which are used for both food and feed. KALRO orange fleshed sweetpotato ar:-

  • for commencialization
  • income generation
  • health improvement

List of sweet potato varieties, their flesh color, maturity time and recommended growing areas. Some of the varieties being grown in the countries include:

 

Recommended variety

Flesh colour

Maturity

Recommended growing area

Remark

1

Kenspot 1

Yellow

5-7 months

1700=2300 Metre, a South rift, North, central ,Nyanza and western Kenya

Eldama Ravine, Lare, Njoro, kakamega, kitale, west pokot

2

Kenspot 2

White

5-7 months

1700- 1900 Masl

Highlands of western, Central and Southern ,Northern rift

3

Kenspot 3

Orange

5-7 months

1900- 2300  Masl -North, Central and Southern rift, Nyanza and Western Kenya

Njoro, Eldama vine, Kakamega, Kitale

4.

Kenspot 4

Orange

5-7 months

1700-2300  Masl –North, Central and Southern rift, Nyanza and Western Kenya

Njoro, Eldama vine, Kakame

ga, Kitale

5.

Kenspot 5

Orange

5 -7Months

1700=2100 Masl-

 

 

 

 

 

North, Central and Southern rift, Nyanza and Western Kenya

Njoro, Eldama vine, Kakamega, Kitale

6

Kabode

Orange

4- 5 Months

1200 -1800 Masl

 

7

Vitaa

Orange

4- 5 Months

1200 -1800 Masl

 

8

Mugande

Orange

4- 5 Months

1200 -1800 Masl