potatoes
Harvested potatoes (Solanum tuberosum).
potato
plant
Also known as: Solanum tuberosum
- Key People:
- Carolus Clusius
- Eva Ekeblad
- Related Topics:
- poutine
- milpa
- potato chip
- gnocchi
- late blight
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potato, (Solanum tuberosum), annual plant in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), grown for its starchy edible tubers. The potato is native to the Peruvian-Bolivian Andes and is one of the world’s main food crops. Potatoes are frequently served whole or mashed as a cooked vegetable and are also ground into potato flour, used in baking and as a thickener for sauces. The tubers are highly digestible and supply vitamin C, protein, thiamin, and niacin. Potatoes are thought to have been independently domesticated several times and were largely cultivated in South America by the Incas as early as 1,800 years ago. Encountered ...(100 of 433 words)