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The tomato (, ; Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant whose fruit is an edible berry that is eaten as a vegetable. The tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers. It originated from western South America, and may have been domesticated there, in Mexico, or in Central America. The Spanish introduced tomatoes to Eurasia in the Columbian exchange in the 16th century.
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Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as the garden tomato, is a species within the genus Solanum. It is classified as a fruit vegetable and a medicinal plant. The taxon produces a berry-type fruit and is the source of tomato juice. Its common names include помидор, томат, and Tomaat. The plant is pollinated by Augochlora pura, Trigona fulviventris, Bombus pascuorum, and Bombus sonorus.
The taxon’s range includes China, the Tibet Autonomous Region, Guangdong, and Gabon. It has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. The genome has been sequenced, and the taxon is referenced by 3,224 other encyclopedia articles. A Unicode character representing the tomato is 🍅. The taxon is distinct from Lycopersicon.
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Solanum lycopersicum Etapes de floraison, fructification et maturation d'une tomate. La tomate (Solanum lycopersicum L.) est une espèce de plantes herbacées du genre Solanum de la famille des Solanacées, originaire du Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique du Sud[1], largement cultivée pour son fruit. Le terme désigne aussi ce fruit charnu. La tomate se consomme comme un légume-fruit, crue ou cuite. Elle est devenue un élément incontournable de la gastronomie dans de nombreux pays, et tout particulièrement dans le bassin méditerranéen. L'espèce compte quelques variétés botaniques, dont la « tomate-cerise » et plusieurs milliers de variétés cultivées (cultivars identifiés par des appellations ou des marques commerciales). La plante est cultivée en plein champ ou sous abri par les agriculteurs et les horticulteurs sous presque toutes les latitudes, sur une superficie d'environ trois millions d'hectares. La tomate a donné lieu au développement d'une importante industrie de transformation, pour la fabrication de concentré, de sauce tomate, notamment de sauce ketchup, de jus de légumes et de conserves. De grande importance économique, elle est l'objet de nombreuses recherches scientifiques. Elle est
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Key facts
- Genome.taxId
- GCF_000188115.5
- Genome.specimen
- Heinz 1706
- Genome.ploidy
- haploid
- Genome.chromosomes
- 12
- Genome.size
- 827.4 Mb
- Genome.genes
- 31,217
- Genome.protein coding
- 25,557
- Genome.year
- 2018
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The tomato (, ; Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant whose fruit is an edible berry that is eaten as a vegetable. The tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers. It originated from western South America, and may have been domesticated there, in Mexico, or in Central America. The Spanish introduced tomatoes to Eurasia in the Columbian exchange in the 16th century.
Tomato plants are vines, largely annual, and vulnerable to frost, though sometimes living longer in greenhouses. The flowers are able to self-fertilize. Modern varieties have been bred to ripen uniformly red, in a process that has impaired the fruit's sweetness and flavor. There are thousands of cultivars, varying in size, color, shape, and flavor. Tomatoes are attacked by many insect pests and nematodes and are subject to diseases caused by viruses, mildew, and blight fungi.
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