List to identifying featurs of a potato and which part of the plant are they??
Potato is a starchy root vegetable of Central American origin. This humble tuber is one of the most widely grown root crops, and one of the cheapest staple food ingredients consumed all over the world. Botanically, it belongs to perennial subspecies of Solanum tuberosum, in the Solanaceae family.
The tubers usually have round to oval to oblong shape but vary widely in size. Internally, its flesh features cream-white, rose red, or russet colour depending upon the variety with moist, crunchy texture and once baked, becomes soft and has unique buttery "potato" flavour.
Potatoes are one of the finest sources of starch, vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. 100 g provides 70 calories.
They are excellent natural sources of both soluble and insoluble fiber.