Solanum lycopersicum

The tomato is the edible, often red, berry of the nightshade ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as a tomato plant. The species originated in western South America. The Nahuatl word ''tomatl'' gave rise to the Spanish word ''tomate'', from which the English word ''tomato'' derived. Its use as a cultivated food may have originated with the indigenous peoples of Mexico. The Spanish encountered the tomato from their contact with the Aztec during the Spanish colonization of the Americas and brought.. more