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Potato (scientific name: Solanum? Tuberosum, English: potato), Solanum of Solanaceae, panicum miliaceum, also known as potato, sweet potato, etc. The artificial cultivation of potatoes can be traced back to southern Peru from about 8000 BC to 5000 BC.
Potatoes, height 15-80 cm, glabrous or puberulent. The stem is divided into two parts: aboveground stem and underground stem. Potato is one of the five staple foods in China, with high nutritional value, strong adaptability and large yield. It is the third most important food crop in the world, second only to wheat and corn.
Potato is a tuber propagation, which can be used as medicine. It is flat and sweet, and can cure stomach pain, tuberculosis, carbuncle and other diseases. As food, its storage period should not be too long, and it must be kept at low temperature, dry and sealed. (Note: the young shoots are slightly toxic). There is evidence that the vitamin C content of potatoes is about four times that of apples.