Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Solanum lycopersicum
- Group
- Eudicots
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Continent
- South America
- Habitat
- Fields, Gardens
- Form
- Herb
- Leaves
- Shed in winter
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Blooms in
- Summer
- Use
- Food
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Its name comes from tomatl, a word of the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs.
- Botanically a tomato is a berry, just like a grape or a banana.
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Similar plants
- Potato
Solanum tuberosum
- Deadly nightshade
Atropa bella-donna
- Capsicum
Capsicum annuum
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q23501 · All plants · All entries