Potato
ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆआलूஉருளைக் கிழங்கு
Solanum tuberosum L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- 38 cm
Solanaceae
Also called Russian Potato
Formerly Lycopersicon tuberosum, Solanum andigenum, Solanum apurimacense, Solanum aracatscha, and 44 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Tuberous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. & S. South America to NW. VenezuelaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, purple, blueRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Ewe
- Yevúte
- Spanish
- papa, patata
- Hindi
- आलू
- Japanese
- ジャガイモ
- Dutch
- aardappel
- Danish
- kartoffel
- German
- Kartoffel, Erdapfel
- French
- pomme de terre, patate
- Portuguese
- batata, batatinha
- Swedish
- potatis
- Estonian
- kartul
- Malayalam
- ഉരുളക്കിഴങ്ങ്
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Solanum tuberosum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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