Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical shrubland

Range

South America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

This golden fruit grows on sprawling vines native to the Andes mountains. It stores concentrated solar energy in its skin to glow faintly during the night.

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