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Solanum lycopersicum

Species category

Vegetable

Common name

garden tomato

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

Obovate 

Size

  • Length 3–4 mm 
  • Width 2.5–2.8 mm 
  • Thickness 0.5–0.7 mm 

Color

Light yellow to white

Texture

Completely covered with short, scaly hairs

Other structures

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 associated with angular rise on margin.

Identification notes

Seed is very light-colored and covered with matted silky hairs. Hairs on the margin are sometimes stuck together forming a transparent wing.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Arizona 

AOSA examination list

Included

More information

For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.

Nomenclature

Family

Solanaceae

Valid name

Solanum lycopersicum L.

Synonyms

Lycopersicon cerasiforme Dunal
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. var. cerasiforme (Dunal) Alef.
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. ssp. galenii (Mill.) Luckwill 
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. var. leptophyllum (Dunal) D'Arcy
Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) Karst. ex Farw. var. cerasiforme (Dunal) Alef.
Solanum lycopersicum L. var. cerasiforme (Dunal) Spooner, G.J. Anderson & R.K. Jansen

Solanum lycopersicum. True seeds that are very light colored and covered with matted, silky hairs.
Solanum lycopersicum. True seeds that are very light colored and covered with matted, silky hairs.