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Currant tomato

Solanum pimpinellifolium

Currant tomato

About

Solanum pimpinellifolium, commonly known as the currant tomato, is a wild species of tomato native to Ecuador and Peru but naturalized elsewhere, such as the Galápagos Islands. Its small fruits are edible, and it is commonly grown in gardens as an heirloom tomato, although it is considered to be wild rather than domesticated as is the commonly cultivated tomato species Solanum lycopersicum. Its genome was recently sequenced.

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Solanum pimpinellifolium
Slug
solanum-pimpinellifolium
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Species
pimpinellifolium
Wikidata QID
Q143182
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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