Cherry tomato

For the 2008 South Korean film, see Cherry Tomato (film).

Cherry tomato
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species:
S. lycopersicum
Variety:
S. l. var. cerasiforme
Trinomial name
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme
(Dunal) D.M.Spooner, G.J.Anderson & R.K.Jansen[1]
Synonyms[citation needed]
  • Lycopersicon lycopersicum var. cerasiforme
  • Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme
Yellow cherry tomatoes
Freshly picked cherry tomatoes in Auroville, India

The cherry tomato is a type of small round tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes and domesticated garden tomatoes.[2] Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball, and can range from spherical to slightly oblong in shape. Although usually red, other colours such as orange, yellow, green, purple, and black also exist.[3] Those shaped like an oblong share characteristics with plum tomatoes and are known as grape tomatoes. The cherry tomato is regarded as a botanical variety of the cultivated berry, Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme.[4]

  1. ^ "Garden Tomato Synonyms (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme as Classified by NCBI Taxonomy) – Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  2. ^ Nesbitt, TC; Tanksley, SD (2002). "Comparative sequencing in the genus Lycopersicon. Implications for the evolution of fruit size in the domestication of cultivated tomatoes". Genetics. 162 (1): 365–79. doi:10.1093/genetics/162.1.365. PMC 1462239. PMID 12242247.
  3. ^ "BBC – Food – Cherry tomatoes recipes". Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme, nomen.at". Nomen.at. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2014.