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minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoPotatoes? One of the “family” just decided to be a tuber?
minus-squareMrsDoyle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoPotatoes have fruits as well - they look like little dark green tomatoes. Toxic of course, because nightshade.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 day agoGet this, they’re so closely related that botanists created a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 day 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-up3·1 day agoEggplant out here catching strays.
minus-squaremillie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoJust be glad they didn’t turn into crabs or cats.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days 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.
Get this, they’re so closely related that botanists created a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.
Wild. TIL. Thanks.
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.
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.