Is potato a stem vegetable

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

The potato is a "Tuber". Tubers are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store nutrients. There are both "stem" and "root" varieties of tuber. In the case of potato, the tubers are stem tubers, formed from the development of enlarged stolons thickened into a storage organ.
If you look at a potato tuber closely you will see that the tuber has all the parts of a normal stem, including nodes and internodes, the nodes are the eyes and each has a leaf scar.

Answer 3

The potato tubers are considered thickened stems because the buds (white thingies that grow out from potatoes) can sprout and grow stems and leaves. This is something that stems do but not roots do not sprout stems and leaves.

Answer 4

No. It is a tuberous vegetable.

Answer 5

A potato is considered a stem because it stores food for the plant.

Answer 6

It grows underground but most consider a root.