''Solanum verrucosum'' is a species of

wild potato Wild potato may refer to: * Several species belonging to the genus ''Solanum'' section '' Petota'', such as '' Solanum jamesii'', '' Solanum berthaultii'', etc. * '' Thladiantha dubia'' (not related to potato) * ''Hedysarum alpinum'', a species of f ...

in the family

Solanaceae Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. It contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many me ...

, native to Mexico. It is typically found in

cloud forests A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, ...

at above sea level. Its tubers are small and late to develop, but said to be quite tasty. A

diploid Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Here ''sets of chromosomes'' refers to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, ...

, it is being extensively studied for its resistance to ''

Phytophthora infestans ''Phytophthora infestans'' is an oomycete or Oomycete, water mold, a fungus-like microorganism that causes the serious potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight. Early blight, caused by ''Alternaria solani'', is also often c ...

'' (the cause of late potato blight), and Potato leafroll virus, in an effort to improve the domestic potato ''

Solanum tuberosum The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'', a perennial in the nightshade famil ...

''.

References

verrucosum Endemic flora of Mexico Flora of Northeastern Mexico Flora of Central Mexico Flora of Veracruz Flora of Southwestern Mexico Plants described in 1840 Taxa named by Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal {{potato-stub