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minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·23 hours agoPotatoes? One of the “family” just decided to be a tuber?
minus-squareMrsDoyle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 hours agoPotatoes have fruits as well - they look like little dark green tomatoes. Toxic of course, because nightshade.
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-216 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-squareNarauko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 hours agoEggplant out here catching strays.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 hours agoGet this, they’re so closed related that botanists created a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.
minus-squaremillie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 hours agoJust be glad they didn’t turn into crabs or cats.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 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 closed related that botanists created a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.
Wild. TIL. Thanks.
Just be glad they didn’t turn into crabs or cats.
… what? No, they’re all nightshade plants. Not the same plant, mind, but still the same family.