Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Solanum lycopersicum L. (1753)
Synonymy:
  • = Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.
 Description

Glandular viscid, aromatic herb. Stems to c. 1 m long, often lax and semi-trailing. Lvs pinnate, to 30 cm long, but often much less. Leaflets 5–9, usually irregularly dentate, lobulate, sometimes with an additional small separate basal leaflet, sometimes entire except near base, ovate-oblong, densely hairy or villous beneath; base cuneate to truncate, often irregularly so; apex obtuse to acuminate. Calyx lobes 7–10 mm long, linear to narrow-lanceolate, reflexed at fruiting, glandular. Corolla lobes c. 1 cm long, lanceolate-ovate, hairy outside, acuminate. Anther cone c. 8 mm long. Fr. large, usually subglobose and grooved down one side, scarlet, hairy when young.

[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.]

 Biostatus
Exotic