Botanical Feast » Solanaceae http://www.botanicalfeast.com the botany of plants we eat Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:40:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Tomato http://www.botanicalfeast.com/tomato/ http://www.botanicalfeast.com/tomato/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:37:36 +0000 Peter http://www.botanicalfeast.com/?p=35 Tomato

Some things you might not know about tomatoes:

There are around 7500 varieties of tomato grown They contain lycopene, one of the most powerful natural antioxidants. Technically a tomato fruit is classified as a berry The leaves of tomato plants are poisonous The heaviest tomato ever grown was one of 3.51 kg

Botanical Information

Family: Solanaceae

Scientific Name: Solanum lycopersicum L. (described here)

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