12 Facts About Tomato

Tomato is the edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as the tomato plant.

Tomato plants are dicots, and grow as a series of branching stems, with a terminal bud at the tip that does the actual growing.

Tomato vines are typically pubescent, meaning covered with fine short hairs.

Tomato was introduced to China, likely via the Philippines or Macau, in the 1500s.

Tomato arrived in India by the way of Portuguese explorers, in the 16th century.

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Tomato was introduced to cultivation in the Middle East by John Barker, British consul in Aleppo circa 1799 to 1825.

Tomato eventually developed over seventeen different varieties of the tomato plant.

Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center at UC Davis is a gene bank of wild relatives, monogenic mutants and miscellaneous genetic stocks of tomato.

Tomato is grown worldwide for its edible fruits, with thousands of cultivars.

Tomato juice is sold as a drink, and is used in cocktails such as the Bloody Mary.

Tomato juice has been the official beverage of Ohio since 1965.

US city of Reynoldsburg, Ohio calls itself "The Birthplace of the Tomato", claiming the first commercial variety of tomato was bred there in the 19th century.