Tamarillo

This article is about the fruit. For other uses, see Tamarillo (disambiguation).

Tamarillo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species:
S. betaceum
Binomial name
Solanum betaceum
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendtn.
  • Cyphomandra crassifolia (Ortega) J.F. Macbr.
  • Pionandra betacea (Cav.) Miers
  • Solanum betacea Cav.
  • Solanum crassifolium Ortega
  • Solanum insigne Lowe

The tamarillo (Solanum betaceum) is a tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Solanaceae (the nightshade family). It bears the tamarillo, an egg-shaped edible fruit.[2] It is also known as the tree tomato,[3] tomate de árbol, tomate andino, tomate serrano, blood fruit, poor man's tomato, tomate de yuca, tomate de españa, sachatomate, berenjena, chilto and tamamoro in South America, tyamtar, rambheda or rukh tamatar (lit. tree tomatoes) in Nepal, and terong Belanda (Dutch eggplant) in Indonesia. It is popular globally, especially in Peru, Colombia, New Zealand, Ecuador, Nepal, Rwanda, Burundi, Australia, and Bhutan.

  1. ^ "Solanum betaceum Cav. — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org.
  2. ^ "History". Tamarillo.
  3. ^ "Solanum betaceum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 15 December 2017.