Anthocyanin as a kind of natural pigment and high antioxidant active substance has excellent health efficacy.Compared with aboveground organs,anthocyanin in root tubers and tubers,etc.underground organs has the merits of high content,high yielding,easy for storage,and being an efficient,stable and easy to use source of anthocyanin.Underground organs of colored potato,purple sweet potato and purple Chinese yam,etc.plants are rich in anthocyanin.The paper summarized the anthocyanin synthesis in plants, especially in underground organs,reviewed its re...