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Solanum lycopersicum

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Name

Identification
Solanum lycopersicum L. [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Solanum grandiflorum
  • Lycopersicum esculentum
  • Lycopersicum not on sheet
  • Solanum tuberosum
  • Solanum pseudo-lycoperiscon
  • Solanum lycopersicum
  • Lycopersicon cerasiforme
  • Solanum pomiferum
  • Lycopersicon esculentum

Flora

Entry for LYCOPERSICON esculentum Miller [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by J. Edmonds (Solanum, species 1–4), I. Friis (Solanum, species 5–11, 13–25), and M. Thulin (Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycium, Lycopersicon, Nicandra, Nicotiana, Physalis, Solanum species 12, Withania) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
LYCOPERSICON esculentum Miller [family SOLANACEAE], (1754), nom. cons.;
Solanum lycopersicum L. [family SOLANACEAE], (1753);. [type as above]
Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) H. Karst. [family SOLANACEAE], (1882). [type as above]
Information
Annual herb, with glandular aromatic hairs. Leaves petiolate; blade at least 10–20 cm long, mostly pinnately divided into ovate-lanceolate, irregularly serrate segments. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. Corolla yellow, 2–2.5 cm in diam.; lobes narrowly oblong. Anthers 6–10 mm long. Style c. 12 mm long. Berry red to yellow, subglobose, ovoid or pear-shaped, very variable in size. Seeds 2–4 mm long, enclosed in mucilage.
Range
Widely cultivated in Somalia for its edible fruits native to South America.
Distribution
SOMALIA Scassellati & Mazzochi 89; Robecchi-Bricchetti 22.
Notes
Nyaanya, yaanya (Som.); tomato (Eng.).

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