Chinese Potato Plant

Chinese Potato Plants are a non-native, terrestrial flora species found only in Exterior Growbeds and Plant Pots in and around the Floating Island Degasi Seabase. It is both plantable and scannable. 

Appearance

Chinese Potato Plants are some tall grass with Chinese Potatoes at the roots. It also has several bioluminescent eye-like bulbs at the top of each stalk. The bulbs are yellow, and the leaves are assorted shades of green.

Data Bank Entry

The Chinese potato is common throughout the China Territories, where synthetic foods are still stigmatized, and there remain large tracts of arable land on which to grow fresh produce. Genetically designed prior to the Expansion, this plant is highly adaptable to different environments, and a staple of new colonies galaxy-wide. Assessment: Edible

Gallery

Close up

A Chinese Potato Plant next to a Grub Basket in an Exterior Growbed

Daytime shot

Size comparison with the player

Bioluminescence

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Trivia

• The Chinese Potato Plant was formerly called the Purple Vegetable Plant.
• The Chinese Potato Plant cannot be found anywhere on the planet besides the Degasi Growbeds, as they were brought by the crew of the Degasi from Earth.