Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous.
1
Starchy tubers of Solanum tuberosum are a staple crop and food in many countries.
2
Potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) is the world's most important non-grain food crop and is central to global food security.
3
Plantain-trees, potatoes,* (* Solanum tuberosum.)
4
Then came the Gold Rushes of the 1840s, and the miners on their way west introduced Solanum tuberosum, which we know as the potato.
5
Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae).-Tinzmannsays ('Gardeners' Chronicle' 1846 page 183) that some varieties are quite sterile unless fertilised by pollen from another variety.