Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Family: Solanaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (5/5)

Solanum lycopersicum, Tomato, is a species belonging to the Solanaceae family that originated in Central and South America and now grown worldwide for its edible fruits. It is perennial in its native habitat but grown as an annual in temperate climates, usually growing about 3 m in height. It is covered with fine short hairs. The leaves are compound, odd pinnate, with five to nine leaflets on petioles.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries, Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring in cooked foods, or can be eaten out of hand as a dessert fruit. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; It can be used as a savoury vegetable or flavouring in cooked foods, or can be eaten out of hand as a dessert fruit.; It is much used in salads and as a flavouring in soups and other cooked foods.; A juice made from the fruit is often sold in health food shops.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known in a truly wild situation. (Zone 10)