Boron is widely distributed in fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes. Itâs found to a much lesser extent in animal foods and most grains. Thus, a diet that emphasizes meats, eggs, milk and bread at the expense of fruits and vegetables is highly unbalanced with respect to this potentially essential nutrient.
Since they contain about 3% sugar, they are more like a sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) than a true potato (Solanum tuberosum). Sweet potatoes are actually storage roots, while true potatoes are technically referred to as tubers. Taro has a long list of common names throughout tropical countries of the world, including cocoyam, kolocasi and ocumo.
Hold up several foods which come from plants or use the Plant Cards 303 and ask children to name them and say which part of the plant it is, e.g. broccoli,(flower), apple (fruit), lettuce (leaves), celery(stem), carrots (root). Explain that potatoes are tubers. Tubers grow off the roots of potato plants.