Potatoes are from the perennail Solanum tuberosum from the Solanaceae family, the word potato could refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber, which is what you buy at the store. Its a root vegetable, that is delicious and the 4th largest most eaten food in the world, behind only to rice, wheat, and corn.
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Potatoes come from what is usually called simple a "Potato Plant." It is from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum L which is native to the Andes.