Is it safe to eat sweet potato leaves?

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I'm growing sweet potatoes in my garden and my son's wife picks the leaves from the vines and cooks them for their dinner. I know regular potato leaves aren't healthy to eat, so does the same hold true for sweet potatoes?
 
In Hawaii, some Tongans are staying at my mother's place. They eat the leaves, and it never seems to bother them. If I remember right, it tasted a little astringent to me. But I don't know if the south pacific type of sweet potato is the same kind that is growing in your garden.
 
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