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LATIN NAME: Solánum tuberósum
FAMILY: Solanaceae
GENUS: Solanum
COMMON NAMES: tater and spud
DISTRIBUTIVE AREA: from the United States to southern Chile.
BOTANICAL INFORMATION: Solanum tuberosum is a species of perennial tuberous herbaceous plants of the Solanum genus in the Solanaceae family. It reaches a height up to 1 meter. Stem is bare, ribbed. Part of the stem, immersed in the soil, produces long shoots (length 15-20 cm). Potato leaf is dark green. Flowers are white, pink and violet, collected in the corymb on the top of the stem. Cup and corolla are five-parted. Fruit is a multi-seeded, dark green, poisonous berry with a diameter of 2 cm, resembling a small tomato.
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
The main active substance of the plant shoots is a hexose glycoside consisting of glucose, rhamnose, arabinose, mannose, xylose, galactose, uronic acids.
The average potato contains:
- water 75%
- starch 18.2%
- nitrogenous substances (crude protein) 2%
- sugars 1.5%
- cellulose 1%
- fats 0.1%
- titrated acids 0.2%
- substances of phenolic nature 0.1%
- pectin substances 0.6%
- other organic compounds (nucleic acids, glycoalkaloids, hemicelluloses, etc.) 1,6%
- mineral substances 1.1%
TINCTURE RECIPE FROM POTATO FLOWER
Put 1 tablespoon of fresh shredded potato flower to a glass jar. Pour 100 ml of vodka in it. Put the container to the dark, cool, dry place and leave there for 7 days, shaking periodically. When it is ready, then strain.
INTERESTING AND FUNNY FACTS ABOUT POTATO
- You can survive entirely on potatoes and butter, which provide all necessary nutrients the human body needs.
- Potatoes absorbs Wi-Fi signals the same way people do and are used to test/improve internet signals on airplanes.
- Potato chips were invented after a chef lost his temper with a customer who kept asking for his potatoes to be more fried and thinner.
- Potatoes have almost all nutrients humans need to survive. To prove this, the Executive Director from the Washington State Potato Commission ate nothing but potatoes for 60 days.
- About 7% of all the potatoes grown in the USA are turned into McDonald’s fries.
- A potato has more chromosomes than a human being.
“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with”
Oprah Winfrey
*This article is for informational purposes only. We suggest consulting with a physician before using these or any other herbal supplements.
