Yes, and it grows in the ground as opposed to being above ground like most other vegetables. This is why we need to thoroughly rinse them in water before cooking.
Because it is programed to do that.
you cut out an eye from another potato and plant it, or you can just plant a whole potato
Potatoes are considered stems and not roots, because they are the part of the stem of the plant that grows underground, it's the part of the stem that thickens and accumulate starch.
Stem tuber of the potato plant is edible
as we know that most of the plants grow from seeds but there are many plants that can grow without seeds like sugarcane, potato,,,,, it can be due to sprouting or stem cutting in case of sugarcane, it is due to stem cutting and growing them again .
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Because the part that turn into the potato is a structure off the stem of the plant. You can see this for yourself because the "eyes" of the potato tuber are stem side shoots.
Whoever said that a potato is a root just because it is below ground was making that up and doesn't know what they are talking about. A potato is just a thickened stem that is underground. As to why it is a root, does anyone care to elaborate? Please only answer if you actually know.
Sweet potatoes are flowering plants, so they reproduce sexually by producing seed. They also reproduce vegetatively from the tubers (which we eat). When we grow them as a crop we plant stem cuttings called slips. This is also vegetative reproduction but it's us doing it not the plant.
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