1. 马铃薯呈扁球形，表面无毛，有时稀疏分布，具少量柔毛；红薯的形状多种多样，有圆柱形、块状、纺锤形、圆形等几种形状。

1. Potatoes are generally flat-spherical in shape, with a hairless surface that is sometimes sparsely covered with a small amount of soft hairs; sweet potatoes come in a variety of shapes, including cylindrical, blocky, spindle-shaped, and round, among others.

2. 马铃薯和红薯都是根和茎植物，它们似乎是一个科，但实际上它们有不同的品种。马铃薯是茄科植物，是西红柿和茄子的近亲，而甘薯是旋花科植物，是牵牛花的近亲。它们还有哪些区别呢？我们一起来看看吧！

2. Potatoes and sweet potatoes are both root and stem plants, and they seem to belong to the same family, but in fact, they have different varieties. Potatoes are from the Solanaceae family, which is a close relative of tomatoes and eggplants, while sweet potatoes are from the Convolvulaceae family, which is a relative of morning glories. What are their other differences? Let's take a look together!

3. 因此，这两种食物不能放在一起，因为它们对储存环境的要求完全不同。如果温度低，红薯会腐烂变硬，但是如果温度高，土豆会发芽。因此，最好根据他们喜欢的环境来存储它们。当然，也有可能这两种存储环境都不合适，这将导致它们都腐烂，从而弊大于利。

3. Therefore, these two types of food should not be stored together, as they have completely different requirements for the storage environment. If the temperature is low, sweet potatoes will rot and become hard, but if the temperature is high, potatoes will sprout. Therefore, it is best to store them according to their preferred environment. Of course, it is also possible that neither storage environment is suitable, which will lead to them both rotting, thus outweighing the benefits.

4. 红薯很容易发霉和腐烂，所以对储藏环境也有非常严格的要求。因此，储存甘薯的环境必须通风，温度不能太低，最好在15度以上，因为太低的温度会造成甘薯的硬度。这时，天通常太冷，不能冷冻红薯。可以说，储存在这种环境中的红薯几乎没有营养价值，而且味道也很差，所以很少有人愿意吃这样的红薯。

4. Sweet potatoes are prone to mildew and rot, so they have very strict requirements for storage environments. Therefore, the storage environment for sweet potatoes must be well-ventilated, and the temperature should not be too low, ideally above 15 degrees Celsius. This is because too low temperatures can harden the sweet potatoes. At this time, the weather is usually too cold to freeze sweet potatoes. It can be said that sweet potatoes stored in such an environment have almost no nutritional value, and their taste is also poor, so few people are willing to eat such sweet potatoes.

5. 马铃薯和红薯在淀粉、果胶、纤维素、蛋白质、维生素和其他成分方面与红薯相似，但红薯中的胡萝卜素远远多于土豆中的胡萝卜素。这是一种可以转化为维生素A并能维持正常视觉功能的成分，具有保护眼睛的作用。

5. Potatoes and sweet potatoes are similar to sweet potatoes in terms of starch, pectin, fiber, protein, vitamins, and other components, but sweet potatoes contain much more beta-carotene than potatoes. This is a component that can be converted into vitamin A and can maintain normal visual function, having a protective effect on the eyes.

6. 马铃薯的外皮颜色是白色或**，里面的肉颜色也很浅；红薯的外皮颜色多为紫红色，内皮颜色为黄红色或**。

6. The skin color of potatoes is white or **, and the inside flesh is also very light; the skin color of sweet potatoes is mostly purple-red, and the inner skin color is yellowish-red or **.

7. 马铃薯煮熟后味道较淡，带有一些碱性风味，但红薯的含糖量为15%-20%。他们是甜的，非常美味，他们煮熟后。

7. Potatoes have a milder taste after boiling and a slightly alkaline flavor, but sweet potatoes contain 15%-20% sugar. They are sweet and very delicious after being cooked.

8. 土豆通常储存在低温干燥的地方。在这样的环境下，它们的新陈代谢会慢很多，可以储存很长时间。如果你把它们放在一个完全相反的环境中，估计它们可以在几天内发芽并长出叶子。

8. Potatoes are usually stored in a cool and dry place. Under such conditions, their metabolism slows down significantly, allowing them to be stored for a long time. If you place them in an entirely opposite environment, they are estimated to sprout and grow leaves within a few days.

9. 如果把土豆和红薯放在家里，一段时间后会发现红薯要么是硬核，要么是发芽的，这是由它们对储存环境的不同要求决定的。

9. If potatoes and sweet potatoes are stored at home, after a period of time, you will find that the sweet potatoes will either have a hard core or sprout, which is determined by their different requirements for storage environment.

10. 土豆和红薯为什么不能放在一起？因为它们对贮藏环境有完全不同的要求，低温会导致甘薯硬核腐烂，但高温会导致马铃薯发芽。

10. Why shouldn't potatoes and sweet potatoes be stored together? This is because they have completely different requirements for storage environments. Low temperatures can lead to the hard core of sweet potatoes rotting, but high temperatures can cause potatoes to sprout.

11. 番薯（学名：Ipomoea batatas(L) Lam）别称甘储、甘薯、朱薯、金薯、番茹、红山药、玉枕薯、山芋、地瓜、甜薯、红薯、红苕、白薯、阿鹅、萌番薯。一年生草本植物，地下部分具圆形、椭圆形或纺锤形的块根，茎平卧或上升，偶有缠绕，多分枝，叶片形状、颜色常因品种不同而异，通常为宽卵形，叶柄长短不一，聚伞花序腋生，蒴果卵形或扁圆形，种子1-4粒，通常2粒，无毛。

11. Sweet potato (scientific name: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.), also known as Gan Chu, Gan Shu, Zhu Shu, Jin Shu, Fan Ru, Hong Shan Yua, Yu Zhen Shu, Shan Yu, Di Gua, Tian Shu, Hong Shu, Bai Shu, A Ge, Meng Fan Shu. It is an annual herb plant with underground tubers that are round, elliptical, or spindle-shaped. The stems are prostrate or ascending, occasionally twining, with many branches. The shape and color of the leaves vary with the variety, usually broad ovate, with variable lengths of petioles. The cymes are axillary, the capsules are ovate or suborbicular, with 1-4 seeds, usually 2, hairless.

12. 土豆和红薯属于同一类，含有更多的淀粉。然而，生活中也有一条规则，这两种食物不能一起储存。这是为什么？

12. Potatoes and sweet potatoes belong to the same category and contain more starch. However, there is also a rule in daily life that these two types of food should not be stored together. Why is that?

13. 马铃薯（学名：Solanum tuberosumL），属茄科，一年生草本植物，块茎可供食用，是全球第四大重要的粮食作物，仅次于小麦、稻谷和玉米。马铃薯又名洋芋、洋山芋、洋芋头、香山芋、洋番芋、山洋芋、阳芋、地蛋、土豆等（山西大同一带也称为山药）。在南方一些省份，也叫“冬薯”，因为常在收割完秋季水稻后，在冬季种植。

13. Potatoes (scientific name: Solanum tuberosum L.), belong to the nightshade family, and are annual herbaceous plants. Their tubers are edible and are the fourth most important food crop in the world, following wheat, rice, and corn. Potatoes are also known as Yangmu, Yangshanyu, Yangmutou, Xiangshanyu, Yangfanmu, ShanYangmu, Yangyu, Didan, and Tudou, etc. (In Datong, Shanxi Province, they are also called Shanyao). In some southern provinces, they are also called "Dongshu", because they are commonly planted in winter after the autumn rice harvest.