Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum
Patates
Perennial herb with underground stolons bearing terminal tubers. Stem branched, erect, 30-100 cm. Leaves imparipinnate with 3-4 pairs of entire, ovate leaflets, between which are smaller ovate or suborbicluar leaflets. Flowers in terminal cymes, pedicels articulated. Calyx teeth lanceolate-acuminate. Corolla white or purple, 25-35 mm diam. Fl. 6-8. Cultivated.
Native of S. America. Cultivated in Turkey-in-Europe, N., C. & E. Anatolia and the mountainous regions ofW. & S. Anatolia, for its edible tubers .
