Potatoes are the stems of plants. Potatoes are the stems of plants, belonging to blocky stems. In the early stage of potato germination, fibrous roots grow at the base, and then later, stolons grow. When the end of the stolons gradually expands to form potatoes, this is what we eat.

Are potatoes roots or stems of plants?

Potatoes, also known as potatoes, yams, ground eggs, potato heads, etc., are panicum miliaceum, whose tubers are edible and are important food crops in the world.

Potatoes, together with wheat, rice, corn and sorghum, are called the five major crops in the world, and their tubers contain a lot of nutrients such as starch, protein, amino acids, vitamins and minerals.

Potatoes originated in the Andes of South America, and now the main producing countries are China, Ukraine, the United States, Russian and Indian, among which China is the country with the largest total potato output in the world.