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Beniharuka Sweet Potato (紅はるか)

Beniharuka, officially registered in Japanese as べにはるか and commonly written 紅はるか in shops, is one of Japan's best-known sweet potato cultivars for moist, strongly sweet yakiimo. It has reddish-purple skin and pale flesh that turns deeper yellow and much softer when cooked.

Beniharuka Sweet Potato (紅はるか)

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Beniharuka, officially registered in Japanese as べにはるか and commonly written 紅はるか in shops, is one of Japan's best-known sweet potato cultivars for moist, strongly sweet yakiimo.

It has reddish-purple skin and pale flesh that turns deeper yellow and much softer when cooked.

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Beniharuka, officially registered in Japanese as べにはるか and commonly written 紅はるか in shops, is one of Japan's best-known sweet potato cultivars for moist, strongly sweet yakiimo. It has reddish-purple skin and pale flesh that turns deeper yellow and much softer when cooked.

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