Description: Potato is a vital staple food and is the fourth most important world food crop after wheat, maize, and rice. Potato accounts for over half of the world's annual harvest of starchy roots and tubers. Potatoes are a high carbohydrate food with much starch and little sugar.

This perennial plant grows to about three feet in height, has branching stems with compound leaves, white or purple flowers, green berries, and swollen tubers, which are usually harvested in the fall to early spring season.

Uses: Potato juice is particularly excellent for cleaning silks, cotton, wool and furniture. Pounded, raw potatoes when applied cold, are often used as a soothing plaster for burns or scalds.