Several ripe cherry tomatoes in ceramic dish, macro, isolated on white, black background and top view.Edible tomato, tomato (Lycopersicon) is a type of flowering plant from the nightshade family of the Solanaceae family.Annual (perennial in tropical zones) herbaceous or semi-shrub plant 40-120 cm tall. Blooms in June-September. The leaves are odd-pinnate, with oblong-ovate leaflets. The flowers are bisexual, small, yellow, on long stems, collected in half umbrellas. The fruit is a large spherical or elongated, juicy, fleshy, two- or multi-chambered berry.
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