Rare term; the everyday word is さつまいも. May appear in historical, botanical, or dialectal contexts.
See also: さつま芋
In old documents, sweet potatoes are recorded with the notation '蕃薯'.
Rare kanji spelling for sweet potato; the common word is さつまいも.
Alternate rare kanji spelling, also read ばんしょ.
A Sino-Japanese term from Chinese 蕃薯, literally a foreign sweet potato.