Tag: Potato greens toxicity

Despite some vegetable greens being edible, such as those from sweet potatoes, potato leaves are highly toxic and can cause serious illness when consumed. Can you eat potato greens raw? The answer is a definitive and dangerous no, due to the natural presence of poisonous compounds.

According to Poison Control, all parts of the common potato plant, except for the properly stored tuber, contain toxic glycoalkaloids. This makes answering the question, 'Are potato greens good for you?', much more complicated than it seems, primarily due to common confusion with the edible leaves of the sweet potato plant.