Wild Potato, Solanum albornozii

Solanum albornozii is a rare wild diploid potato species from Southern Ecuador.  It has very distinctive long and ruffled leaves.  Tubers are moniliform – like beads on a string.  This species has unusually high mineral concentrations, including potassium, sulfur, zinc, manganese, iron, and copper.  It has potentially valuable resistances to Colorado potato beetle, late blight, and some potato viruses.