Solanum vernei
Bitter & Wittm.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Roots, Tubers
The tubers and roots are eaten, though the tubers have a bitter flavor.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows between 2,200-3,600 m above sea level.
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, South America*,
How to Identify
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 40-150 cm tall. The leaves are 9-29 cm long by 8-17 cm wide and have leaflets. The flowers are purple. It has a tubers about 4-5 cm across.
References (1)
- Grun, P., 1990, The Evolution of Cultivated Potatoes. Economic Botany, Vol. 44, No. 3, Supplement: New Perspectives on the Origin and Evolution of New World Domesticated Plants pp. 39-55
