Other common names
love apple, purple calabash tomato
Synonyms
Lycopersicon esculentum
Fruit Edible
This is the original plant from which all know varieties of tomato have been bred. The original species is quite a large, branching and climbing plant growing up to 2m tall that is perennial subshrub in its native tropical habitat. The stems and leaves are covered with short hairs. The plant flowers with yellow, star-shaped flowers, 1-2cm across, that produce green berries, ripening to variable-sized tomatoes. There are many different cultivars that bear fruit differing in size, shape and colour
Position
Full sun
Soil Types
Clay, Loam, Sand
Max Height
1.5-2.5 metres
Max Spread
0.5-1 metres