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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

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2018
2017

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201200001
  • Source: Mo Fayyaz - UWisc Madison
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1969
  • Bench: 1309 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-19-2018

Classification:

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

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 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 18:22:47 -0400

Images:

Solanum pimpinellifolium

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 10 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
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