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Tomato
Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical shrubland
Range
South America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

This nightshade plant grows in the rocky soil of western South American slopes. Its fruit contains over two hundred tiny seeds that sprout only after passing through an animal.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Species
Solanum lycopersicum