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Hello! Tell me, please, what does the fruit of a potato look like? I think this is an ordinary potato that everyone eats. The husband says that the fruits are green balls that form on the bush after flowering. In addition, they are very toxic, and you can’t eat them. Is it so? Thank you in advance for your response!
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a tuberous herbaceous plant in the nightshade family. The fruit of the potato is a berry. They look like small balls of green.
They are popularly called shelabolki, bulbs, tomatoes. The potato fruit contains seeds that are used by breeders to create new varieties. Only potato tubers are used in food, which are nothing more than a part of the root system of the plant.
The berries themselves are very toxic and dangerous to human health. The fact is that the potato fruit contains a very large amount of the very toxic glycoalkaloid solanine.
It is produced by the plant as a fungicidal and insecticidal substance for self-defense against certain diseases and pests. It is worth noting that greened potato tubers can be a danger to humans, so they are strictly forbidden to eat.
