Talk:Exilus Adapter/@comment-207.255.34.142-20150814084042/@comment-121.121.59.204-20150817074704

^Actually being in the same family or even genus when it comes to plants isn't really significant. Two plants can be in the same genus and can be as different as a human with a squid, both physically and genetically.

The "pomato" you referred to is not a hybrid(potato+tomato genes), but a mere graft. A graft is simply two plant tissues attached together(imagine something similar to implanting a pig's liver in a human), but as plants do not have complex immune systems, the chance of rejection is very low. In this case, a tomato stem is attached to a potato root. Grafting can be done with many species, even those that aren't in the same family, or closely related.

The adapter is more a forma than a potato really. Red forma is more accurate.