There is more to a plant than just the fruit, you know. It just happens that the species (cultivar?) of nightshade that we grow for potatoes has tasty, starchy roots, while others have tasty, zesty fruits, and then so.a of them are eggplant.
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XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Potatoes? One of the “family” just decided to be a tuber?
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Narauko@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Eggplant out here catching strays.
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Potatoes have fruits as well - they look like little dark green tomatoes. Toxic of course, because nightshade.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 day ago
… what? No, they’re all nightshade plants. Not the same plant, mind, but still the same family.
millie@beehaw.org 1 day ago
Just be glad they didn’t turn into crabs or cats.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Get this, they’re so closed related that botanists created a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.
XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Wild. TIL. Thanks.