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Published In: The Gardeners Dictionary: eighth edition Lycopersicon no. 2. 1768. (16 Apr 1768) (Gard. Dict. (ed. 8)) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Contributor Text: YASIN J. NASIR
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: July-October.
Type: Type: Described from cultivated material of unknown origin.
Distribution: Distribution: Native to C. & S. America.
Comment/Acknowledgements: The ‘tomato’ is widely cultivated and ranks perhaps only second to the potato in food production worldwide. Several varieties are known. Eaten both raw or cooked. A source of vitamin C.

 

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Annual herb up to 90 cm tall, branched. Leaves imparipinnate, basally lyrate, up to 40 cm long; lobes ovate-lanceolate. Calyx lobes 5-6 mm long, triangular-acuminate, enlarging in fruit. Corolla limb 15-20 mm broad; lobes 5(-6), trianglar-acute; minutely ciliate. Berry globose, depressed-globose to pyriform, lobed, up to 8 cm broad, juicy, brick-red, red to yellowish in colour.
 
 
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