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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 day agoPotatoes? One of the “family” just decided to be a tuber?
minus-squareMrsDoylelinkfedilinkEnglish5•14 hours agoPotatoes have fruits as well - they look like little dark green tomatoes. Toxic of course, because nightshade.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-218 hours agoThere is more to a plant than just the fruit, you know. It just happens that the species (cultivar?) of nightshade that we grow for potatoes has tasty, starchy roots, while others have tasty, zesty fruits, and then one of them is eggplant.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-215 hours agoGet this, they’re so closely related that botanists created a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.
minus-square@chuckleslordlinkEnglish2•24 hours ago… what? No, they’re all nightshade plants. Not the same plant, mind, but still the same family.
Potatoes? One of the “family” just decided to be a tuber?
Potatoes have fruits as well - they look like little dark green tomatoes. Toxic of course, because nightshade.
There is more to a plant than just the fruit, you know. It just happens that the species (cultivar?) of nightshade that we grow for potatoes has tasty, starchy roots, while others have tasty, zesty fruits, and then one of them is eggplant.
Eggplant out here catching strays.
Get this, they’re so closely related that botanists created a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.
Wild. TIL. Thanks.
… what? No, they’re all nightshade plants. Not the same plant, mind, but still the same family.