Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.
SOLANACEAE
Synonymy
Common Name: Lycopersicon
Aboriginal Language Names: MalakMalak, Matngala: no local name
Description: Short-lived herb to 1.5 m high, aromatic, densely hairy with long multicellular eglandular hairs and short glandular hairs. Leaves ovate in outline and up to 300 mm long but irregularly pinnately lobed with 7–9 major leaflets and also smaller interstitial leaflets; leaflets petiolulate, obtusely lobed, often somewhat oblique at the base. Inflorescence raceme-like. Calyx lobes narrowly ovate, 5–11 mm long. Corolla yellow, 20–25 mm across, 5-lobed. Anthers 5–10 mm long including the sterile apex 2–3 mm long, cohering by marginal hairs. Berry usually red, globular or depressed globular, 10–20 mm across. Seeds yellow to grey, numerous, 2–3 mm long, pilose.
Notes: Some cultivars may have more numerous corolla lobes and much larger berries. Leaves and immature fruit may be toxic to stock.
Distribution
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Observations
Cultivated
Introduced Status: Introduced to NT
First Collected in NT: 01/02/1988
Distribution Notes: Occurs in W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld and N.S.W.
Bioregion: Arnhem Coast, Arnhem Plateau
International: A spontaneous escapee from cultivation, native to South America and now naturalised in many countries.
Ecological Attributes
Flowering: Aug
Fruiting: Aug
Other Attributes
Conservation Status (TPWCA): Not Evaluated
NT Parks: Kakadu National Park
Flora Description Source: Flora of the Kimberley Region
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