Vegetables

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum. Potato may be applied to both the plant and the edible tuber. Potatoes have become a staple food in many parts of the world and an integral part of much of the world’s food supply. Potatoes are the world’s fourth-largest food crop, following maize, wheat, and rice. Tubers produce Glycoalkaloid in small amounts. If green sections of the plant are exposed to light the tuber can produce a high enough concentration of glycoalkaloids to affect human health.