page_title: List of food plants native to the Americas
section_title: Nightshades
hierarchical_section_title: List of food plants native to the Americas / Nightshades
context_page_description: A number of popular and commercially important food plants are native to the Americas. These foods were not introduced into Old World cuisines until the Columbian Exchange touched off by the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. Some of the more notable such food plants are listed below. Genera included in parentheses are exclusively American.
context_section_description: Potato
  Tomato
  Bell and chili peppers (Capsicum)
caption: Cubanelle peppers
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