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Lycopersicon esculentum

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  • Botanical Name : Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.
  • Synonyms : Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) Karst.
  • Common Name : Tameta, Tomato, Love Apple
  • Plant Family : Solanaceae
  • Plant Form : Herb
  • Occurrence (Sectors) : 4, 10

About Lycopersicon esculentum Plant :

  • Habit : A small, hairy herb.
  • Leaves : Irregularly pinatisect, dentate, hairy.
  • Inflorescence : Many flowered cymes.
  • Flowers :
    • Yellow in colour.
    • Calyx 5-10 lobed, ovate-lanceolate, persistent.
    • Corolla rotate plicate.
    • Stamens 5, exserted, oblong.
    • Ovary many-locular.
  • Fruit : Berry globose, red, many seeded.
  • Flowering and Fruiting Time : December-March
  • Significance :
    • Cultivated for its fruits used as vegetable.
    • It is very good for vitamin C.