Fruit & Vegetable Weak- Solanum tuberosum L

[raju das]

Dear All,

This is the most common vegetable …Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.  Solanaceae) in flower from Assam.  
Thanks

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[Pankaj Kumar]

Nice... thanks for sharing.
Pankaj

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[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

On Jan 2, 11:10 pm, raju das <dasraj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>

> This is the most common vegetable …Potato (*Solanum tuberosum* L.  Solanaceae)

> in flower from Assam.
> Thanks
> --
> Raju Das
> Nature's Foster
>

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[tanay bose]

Nice one of the most important crops of the world

2008 was declared the International Year of the Potato by the UNO.

Tanay

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[Smita Raskar]

Wow  thats lovely..i love potato but never seen aerial part of plant and flowers before..thanks:)

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:40 PM, raju das <dasr...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[mani nair]

Very beautiful flowers. First time seeing the flowers.

Thanks for sharing

Regards,

Mani.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Pankaj ji

I think you forgot to attach

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[Pankaj Kumar]

No sir, I was just correcting the subject line.
Pankaj

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks Pankaj ji

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[Dinesh Valke]

NATURALIZED, CULTIVATED :: Solanaceae (solanum, nightshade, or potato family) » Solanum tuberosum


so-LAN-num -- solace, quietude; referring to the narcotic properties of some species
too-ber-OH-sum or tew-ber-OH-sum -- tuberous


commonly known as: potato • Assamese: আলু aalu • Bengali: আলু aalu • Gujarati: બટાકો batato • Hindi: आलू aalu • Kannada: ಆಲುಗಡ್ಡೆ aalugadde, ಬಟಾಟೆ bataate • Kashmiri: आलू aalu • Konkani: बटटो batato • Malayalam: ഉരുളക്കിഴങ്ങ് urulakkizhang • Manipuri: alu • Marathi: आलु aalu, बटाटा batata • Mizo: alu • Nepalese: आलु aalu • Punjabi: ਆਲੂ aalu • Tamil: உருளைக்கிழங்கு urulai-k-kilanku • Telugu: ఆలుగడ్డ alugadda • Urdu: آلو aalu


Native to: w South America; widely cultivated world over


some statistical facts:

... the world's fourth-largest food crop, following rice, wheat, and maize.
... China is now the world's largest potato-producing country, and nearly a third of the world's potatoes are harvested in China and India
... there are about five thousand potato varieties worldwide. Three thousand of them are found in the Andes alone, mainly in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, and Colombia. They belong to eight or nine species, depending on the taxonomic school. Apart from the five thousand cultivated varieties, there are about 200 wild species and subspecies, many of which can be cross-bred with cultivated varieties
Quoted from Wikipedia

[Gurcharan Singh]

And the produce in market

 

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Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
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