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 (11,400 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 used for fruit vegetable[10].
  • tomato is used for medicinal plant[11].
  • tomato's Commons category is recorded as Solanum lycopersicum[12].
  • tomato's Unicode character is recorded as 🍅[13].
  • tomato's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Solanum lycopersicum[14].
  • tomato's Commons gallery is recorded as Solanum lycopersicum[15].
  • tomato's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[16].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[21].
  • tomato's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[22].
  • tomato's taxon synonym is recorded as Lycopersicon esculentum[23].
  • tomato's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=101442[24].
  • tomato's this taxon is source of is recorded as tomato[25].
  • tomato's this taxon is source of is recorded as tomato juice[26].
  • tomato's this taxon is source of is recorded as tomato skin[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 {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'garden tomato'}[28], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'помидор'}[29], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'томат'}[30], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Tomaat'}[31], {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '櫻桃小番茄'}[32], and {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'lilek rajče'}[33].

Identifiers

tomato's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51737[34]. tomato's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4081[35]. tomato's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 392557[36]. tomato's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2930137[37]. tomato's ITIS TSN is recorded as 521671[38].

Why It Matters

tomato ranks in the top 0.022% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,400 views/month, #44 of 195,241).[2] tomato has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] tomato is known by 135 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did tomato receive?

Honors received include Vegetable of the year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . parlonssciences.ca. parlonssciences.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. parlonssciences.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . nutzpflanzenvielfalt.de. Retrieved . nutzpflanzenvielfalt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. parlonssciences.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. parlonssciences.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [35] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [38] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [36] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [37] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [34] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym Lycopersicon esculentum
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