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  • COMMON NAME: Tomato
  • ARABIC: الطماطم أو البندورة
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.
  • SYNONYMS: Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • FAMILY: SOLANACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Umm-Al-Quwain , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F) Fruits (F) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Terrace
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production.
V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316947-2 http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001029216
Edible Fruit. Honey nectar plants.
Annual, biennial, or sometimes perennial herbs, erect initially, later procumbent viny herbs with branches extending to 4 m from center. Stems 10-14 mm in diameter at base, green, pubescent and usually villous towards the apex, with a mixture of numerous simple unicellular trichomes to 0.5 mm long and sparse simple uniseriate multicellular trichomes to 3 mm long and composed of up to 10 cells, some gland-tipped, particularly the longer ones, giving the plant a strong scent. Flowering from March-December.
Cultivated, Grows in gardens, homes and farms
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