Stems, leaves and tuber roots of Ipomoea batatas L. were used as experimental materials in this study to investigate the possibility of production of anthocyanins by tissue culture methods. Resnlts showed that leaf explants yielded purple calli white stem and tuber root explants did not after two weeks of culturing. In order to study the effects of auxins and cytokinins on initiation of pruple calli from leaf explants of Ipomoea batatas L., different combinations of auxins and cytokinins were tested. Adding of 2,4-D and kinetin in the MS medium promoted initiation of purple calli from the leaf explants. Nevertheless, purple multi were not found on leaf explants cultured in the same medium containing NAA and BAP. Supplements of μ M 2,4-D and 1 μ M kinetic or 1 μ M 2,4-D and 0.1 μ M kinetic in the MS medium induced more purple math than the other combinations.