This illustration is inspired by the elongated plum-shaped mini tomato variety 'Aiko'. It has thick flesh and is said to contain about twice the amount of lycopene compared to regular tomatoes, making it a good variety for both raw eating and cooking.
Botanical information
Informations of the plants imaged for these illustrations is bellow.
Botanical name
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Solanum lycoperisicum
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tomato
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Lycoperisicon esculentum Mill.
Plantae Category
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Solanaceae
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Solanum
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Solanum lycopersicum
Origin
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[commonly tomato] Western South America, Mexico, Central America
([Solanum pimpinellifolium; the wild ancestor] Western South America, the Andean plateau)
