Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a member of the Solanaceae, an economically important family that includes tomato, pepper, aubergine (eggplant), petunia and tobacco. Potato belongs to the asterid ...

Like other members of the potato family (Solanum tuberosum), they come from a tuber plant native to the Andes mountain region in South America. They have a blue-purple to almost black outer skin ...