also: からいも
Refers to the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). Both readings are used, but からいも is more common in western Japan and everyday speech, while とういも is a more formal or literary reading. Cross-referenced with 薩摩芋 (さつまいも), the most common term.
See also: さつま芋
My grandmother grows sweet potatoes in the field.
In this region, dishes made with sweet potatoes are a specialty.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading とういも.
Alternate kanji spelling, more commonly read からいも.
Kana spelling for the reading からいも, common in everyday use.
唐芋 names the sweet potato as a tuber introduced to Japan from China; 唐 is read とう here and marks its foreign origin.