Tamatar / Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

outdoor

Found in India: Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka & more

How to identify Tamatar

Identify Tamatar by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.

Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
Confirm fruit type: Smooth berry.
In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
Confirm it sits within the Solanaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tamatar.

Plant Details

Scientific name: Solanum lycopersicum
Genus: Solanum
Family: Solanaceae
Found in India: Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Assam, Delhi, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab
Conservation status: Not Evaluated (NE)

Leaf characters

Arrangement: Alternate
Type: Simple
Margin: Entire
Venation: Pinnate

Typical of the Solanaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.

Flower & fruit characters

Flower colour: Yellowrecorded
Fruit type: Smooth berryrecorded

Typical of the family

Flower symmetry: Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
Inflorescence: Cyme
Fruit: Berry

Characters marked “recorded” are for Tamatar itself; the rest are typical of the Solanaceae family — flowering plants only.

Local Names

Hindi: टमाटर Tamatar
Kannada: ತಕ್ಕಾಳಿ Takkaali, ಗೂದೆ Goode, ಟೊಮೆಟೊ, ಟೊಮಾಟೊ, ಟೊಮೇಟೋ Tomato, ಚಪ್ಪರಬದನೆ Chappara badane
Tamil: தக்காளி Takkali
Manipuri: ꯈꯥꯃꯦꯟ ꯑꯁꯤꯟꯕꯥ Khamen asinba
Nepali: गोलभेंडा Golabhendaa, टमाटर Tamaatar
Mizo: Sapbawkbawn

About Tamatar

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) belongs to the Solanaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and 22 other states.