A potato is a starchy, underground tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum. It's a root vegetable, meaning it's the edible part of the plant that grows beneath the surface. Potatoes have a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes, with skins ranging from brown, tan, or reddish, and interiors often white or yellow. They are known for their mild flavor and starchy texture.
Potato are a succulent but inedible spherical, yellow-green berry, up to 4cm across. Underground, the edible root forms a tuber that can be a range of colours, sizes and shapes, depending on the cultivated variety (cultivar).
The potato is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.