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Accession Data:

Solanum pimpinellifolium L.

  • subg. Potatoe sect. Petota subsect. Lycopersicon ser. Neolycopersicon

  • Common Name: Currant Tomato
  • Family: Solanaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Ecuador & Peru, naturalized elsewhere

  • Description: Its small fruits are edible, and it is commonly grown in gardens as an heirloom tomato, although it is considered to be of wild rather than domesticated origin like the commonly cultivated tomato species Solanum lycopersicum.3

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201200001
  • Source: Mo Fayyaz - UWisc Madison
  • Accession Date: 11-30--0001
  • Bench: 0 - unassigned location
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 0 confirmed on 11-22-2022

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Solanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Solanaceae
  • SubFamily: Solanoideae
  • Tribe: Solaneae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
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2017

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Ecuador / Peru

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1.Last accessed on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.
  2. Solanum pimpinellifolium at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.
  3. Solanum pimpinellifolium at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.

data regenerated on Sat, 24 Jun 2023 13:58:00 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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