Potatoes, flesh and skin, raw

Fun Facts

1. The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum L. The word “potato” may refer either to the plant itself or to the edible tuber.In the Andes, where the species is indigenous, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species.
2. Potatoes were introduced outside the Andes region approximately four centuries ago,[3] and have since become an integral part of much of the world’s food supply. It is the world’s fourth-largest food crop, following maize, wheat, and rice.The green leaves and green skins of tubers exposed to the light are toxic.
3. Wild potato species can be found throughout the Americas from the United States to southern Chile.
4. Potato plants are herbaceous perennials that grow about 60 cm (24 in) high, depending on variety, with the leaves dying back after flowering, fruiting and tuber formation. They bear white, pink, red, blue, or purple flowers with yellow stamens. In general, the tubers of varieties with white flowers have white skins, while those of varieties with colored flowers tend to have pinkish skins.