马铃薯(英文:Potato),多年生草本,地下块茎呈圆、卵、椭圆等形,是重要的粮食、蔬菜兼用作物,在我国又名土豆、洋芋、洋山芋、山药蛋、馍馍蛋、薯仔(香港、广州人的惯称)等。意大利人称为地豆,法国人叫地苹果,德国人叫地梨,美国人叫爱尔兰豆薯,俄国人叫荷兰薯。鉴于名字的混乱,植物学家才给它取了个世界通用的学名 Potato (English: Potato), perennial herb, round tuber, egg, oval and other forms, is an important food, vegetables and crops, in our country also known as potato, potato, yam, yam egg, egg yolk, potato (Hong Kong, Guangzhou, the usual name) and so on. Italians called beans, French called apple, German called pear, American called Irish bean, Russian called Dutch potato. In view of the confusion of names, botanists gave it a universal scientific name