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Solanum tuberosum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Solanum tuberosum - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Solanum tuberosum - Upper side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper side of leaf; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Solanum tuberosum - Lower side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower side of leaf; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Solanum tuberosum - Cultivation in home garden - Click to enlarge!

Cultivation in home garden; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Solanum tuberosum - Habit in field - Click to enlarge!

Habit in field; Njoro, Nakuru, Kenya; 5/2014 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 529
Date of entry: 02.05.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Irish potato

German: Erdapfel, Kartoffel

Mandarin: 阳芋 (yang yu)

Portuguese: Batata

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Solanales (99)

        Family: Solanaceae (51)(family description)

          Genus: Solanum (24)

            Epithet: tuberosum L. (1)

tuberosum => producing or resembling tubers

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet, pink, beige, white

External links

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