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Potatoes are native to the Americas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato But there are other starches too.

• Terr_ 3y ago
  When it comes to the "Columbian Exchange" [0] there are quite a lot of animals and plants the people today will (wrongly) assume have existed somewhere since antiquity. (Italian tomatoes, Irish potatoes, wild horses in the American midwest, etc.) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange
  • thaumasiotes 3y ago
    Bigger than any of those would be chilis. Peanuts are pretty significant too. Maize is hugely significant, but fairly likely to be recognized as American. Just think what the world could have been like if not for the environmental devastation of the 16th century. ;D
  • justinator 3y ago
    Horses are actually endemic to North America, died out around 5,000 years ago and were then re-introduced a few hundred years ago. Kinda crazy.
  • TheCapeGreek 3y ago
    Related: A great read on the history citrus and Italy is The Land where Lemons Grow. It's kind of a travel book in some ways.