tomato

type of plant species with edible, often red, berry fruit
Taxon taxon Q23501
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tomato

Summary

tomato is a taxon[1]. tomato ranks in the top 0.022% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65,163 views/month, #44 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • tomato received the Vegetable of the year[3].
  • tomato's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • tomato's instance of is recorded as food crop[5].
  • tomato is classified at the rank of species[6].
  • tomato belongs to the parent taxon Solanum[7].
  • tomato's scientific name is Solanum lycopersicum[8].
  • tomato is a type of fruit vegetable[9].
  • tomato is a type of medicinal plant[10].
  • tomato is used for food[11].
  • tomato is used for medication[12].
  • tomato's Commons category is recorded as Solanum lycopersicum[13].
  • tomato's Unicode character is recorded as 🍅[14].
  • tomato's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Solanum lycopersicum[15].
  • tomato's Commons gallery is recorded as Solanum lycopersicum[16].
  • tomato's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[17].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[22].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[23].
  • tomato's taxon synonym is recorded as Lycopersicon esculentum[24].
  • tomato's taxon synonym is recorded as Lycopersicon lycopersicum H.Karst. (1882)[25].
  • tomato's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=101442[26].
  • tomato's this taxon is source of is recorded as tomato[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, tomato is Solanum lycopersicum[8]. tomato is classified at the rank of species[6]. tomato is classified within Solanum[7]. Recorded taxon common name include garden tomato[28], помидор[29], томат[30], Tomaat[31], 櫻桃小番茄[32], and lilek rajče[33].

Identifiers

tomato's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4081[34]. tomato's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 392557[35]. tomato's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2930137[36]. tomato's ITIS TSN is recorded as 521671[37].

Why It Matters

tomato ranks in the top 0.022% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65,163 views/month, #44 of 195,241).[2] tomato has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] tomato is known by 160 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did tomato receive?

Honors received include Vegetable of the year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → solanum-lycopersicum
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P7496]], update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  2. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open food facts food category id → tomatoes
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1821]]: tomatoes, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787294338286"
  3. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C7106
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C7106, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  4. 7w ago · PinTweaks · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Plant finder id (missouri botanical garden) → 454685
    Has use → food, medication
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other:0||55 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; remove alias=label/mul; add mul alias ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  5. 10w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → food, medication
    Subclass of → fruit vegetable, medicinal plant
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P366]] to [[Property:P279]]"
  6. 18w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Lycopersicon esculentum, Lycopersicon lycopersicum H.Karst. (1882)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1420]]: [[Q28563542]]"
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