Plant

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

हिन्दी: टमाटर

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Thana, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name: Solanum lycopersicum
Hindi name: टमाटर
Family: Solanaceae, order Solanales
Group: Plant

The kitchen favourite, loved by buzzing bees.

Spot it Lobed leaves, yellow flowers and red fruit.
Home Farms and gardens.
Food web Bees pollinate it by buzzing the flowers.
Why it matters Supports pollinators and feeds people, so it links farms to wild bees.

Read more: Tomato on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2025 and 2026, in Jaipur.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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