Introduction

• The flowers are generally white, yellow, purple, red, blue and pink with white seamen.
• In general, the tubers of varieties with white flowers have white skins, while those of varieties with colored flowers tend to have pinkish skins
• Potato fruit contains large amounts of the toxic alkaloid solanine and is therefore unsuitable for consumption.

Varieties in Nepal

The recommended common cultivated cultivars / varieties of TPS in Nepal are:

• HPS II/67,
• HPS I/13,
• HPS 7/67,
• Other TPS Varieties: HPS I/67, HPS 7/13, Cerena × TPS 67,LT 8 × TPS 1
• Kufri jyoti
• Kufri sindhuri
• Dejire
• Janak Dev
• Khumal seto 1
• Khumal rato 2
• Kufri bahar