Potato is a common name, the potato is a scientific name, the potato name is pictographic, and the potato is a round tuber that grows in the soil and looks like a bean, so it is called potato.

According to the origin, taste and shape of potatoes, people have given them many interesting names. For example:; China: Shandong Lunan area (Tengzhou) is called Didan, Yunnan and Guizhou are called taro or potato, Guangxi is called Fangui Cishu, Shanxi is called Yam Egg, Anhui is also called sweet potato, and most northeastern provinces are called potatoes. Potatoes are also called potato, potato, potato, yam egg, steamed egg, and potato (commonly known in Hong Kong and Guangzhou). Although potatoes are called "yam eggs" in some areas, there are actually things called yam eggs. Therefore, it is necessary to distinguish clearly and don't misunderstand. Italians call it sweet potatoes, French call it sweet apples, Germans call it sweet pears, Americans call it Irish sweet potatoes, and Russians call it Dutch sweet potatoes. In view of the confusion of the name, botanists gave it a world-wide scientific name-potato.