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Like a Potato but a Little Sour

I am a tuber, only second in popularity to potatoes. Believed to be originally cultivated in Peru today I am primarily grown in the Andes. You will also find me grown from Venezuela to northern Argentina. Most often grown with other potatoes I can also be found grown along fields of maize. I am a staple in the Titicaca area of Bolivia and was introduced to Chili via New Zealand in 1869. As I contain oxalic acid, my taste is similar to that of a potato but a bit more sour. If left in the sun for a few days the heat and light takes away our sour edge and we become sweet. We range from 2 to 10 centimeters in length and range from red to white gold in skin color. My flowers are orange-yellow. Also known as a New Zealand yam in New Zealand, iribia in Bogota, or cuiba in Venezuela, with my intensive breeding program I could soon become a popular tuber in the northern latitudes in the very near future.orite breakfast bread, or used in chutneys. I have the highest vitamin count of all fruit especially high in vitamin A and C.

What am I?

Oxalis
Sweet Potatoes
Yam
Cassava

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