Talk:Corm

Potatoes, Sweet potatoes
So, potatoes and sweet potatoes are very prominent examples of root vegetables. Are they examples or counterexamples of corms? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.45.4.173 (talk) 02:15, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


 * All three are different organs. Potatoes are tubers from stolons, Sweet potatoes are roots, and corms are compressed stems. Hardyplants 02:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


 * As the article already marks the distinction between corms and bulbs, why not also mark the distinction between corms, tubers, stolons and roots. I feel this is still unclear from the article, and I do not feel qualified to modify it myself. --Same guy as first comment.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.45.0.133 (talk) 03:21, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Bulbs of a plant that grow underground, as in onions and garlic.

Corms are underground stems that grow vertically. Yams, Celeriac, Eddo, Taro and Water Chestnuts are corms (even though Water Chestnuts grow underwater, not underground). Corms store starch for the plant.

Rhizomes are stems that grow horizontally underground. Off of rhizomes grow roots, and the parts of the plant that will appear above ground. Ginger, Galangal, Kratchai, and Turmeric are rhizomes.

Tubers are underground stems. They grow in thickness instead of length. Potatoes are tubers. Peanuts are "technically" a tuber, because they are tubers that grow off a rhizome underground, but they are treated as a nut.

Nuts4ag (talk) 20:19, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Peanuts are just seeds produced in a fruit that has buried it's self in the soil after fertilization. Hardyplants (talk) 21:47, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Bananas
Any reason why bananas aren't on the list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigturnip (talk BigTurnip (talk) 01:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Banana plant grow from corms but we do not eat the corm, we eat the fruit. Maybe the reason why banana is not listed is that we think of the part we eat when talking about corm fruits and vegetables. Nuts4ag (talk) 19:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Arisaemas have tubers not corms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.151.78.19 (talk) 20:56, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

The article doesn't list all the thousands of species of plants with corms. If you think that bananas should be mentioned, pls find an acceptable citation and post it. JonRichfield (talk) 09:32, 11 May 2012 (UTC)