Funny that Jim Waddick mentions feeding sweet potato leaves to Colobus monkeys - when I was in Tanzania years ago I met a film crew who were using bunches of them to entice wild Colobus into suitable places for filming. Of course the viewers only saw them eating leaves... John Grimshaw Visit John Grimshaw's Garden Diary http://johngrimshawsgardendiary.blogspot.com/ Dr. John M. Grimshaw Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Tel. 01242 870567 ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] More On the Edibility of Sweet Potato Leaves > > Dear Judy, > A number of years ago I worked in a zoo that kept Colobus > leaf monkeys. In the basement of the monkey house we had big troughs > up on tables with overhead lights. We planted regular store bought > sweet potatoes and grew them for the leaves which were harvested as a > special treat for the monkeys. >