This is an illustration of one of the cultivated potato varieties, "Kita-Murasak"'. The color of the skin has purple color by containing anthocyanin.
Botanical information
Informations of the plants imaged for these illustrations is bellow.
Botanical name
< scientific name >
Solanum tuberosum
< common name >
potato
< extra >
馬鈴薯（バレイショ）、ジャガイモ
[cultivar] キタムラサキ
Plantae Category
< family >
Solanaceae［ナス科］
< genus >
Solanum［ナス属］
< species >
Solanum tuberosum
Origin
< place >
South America Andes south central, Lake Titicaca south
