Wild potato
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Wild potato may refer to:
- Several species belonging to the genus SolanumSolanumSolanum, the nightshades, horsenettles and relatives, is a large and diverse genus of annual and perennial plants. They grow as forbs, vines, subshrubs, shrubs, and small trees, and often have attractive fruit and flowers. Many formerly independent genera like Lycopersicon or Cyphomandra are...
, such as Solanum jamesiiSolanum jamesiiSolanum jamesii is a species of nightshade. Its range includes the southern United States. All parts of the plant, and especially the fruit, are toxic, containing solanine when it matures. Immature tuber roots are edible. S. jamesii is sometimes grown in yards or gardens as an ornamental...
, Solanum berthaultii, etc. - Thladiantha dubiaThladiantha dubiaThladiantha dubia is a fieldweed and a rarely used ornamental plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. It is probably native to S Russia and N China but today naturalized in SE Europe and on the American continent .-External links:...
(not related to actual potatoes)