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Tomato
Lycopersicon esculentum
Tomato · Apples of Sodom · Bitter Apples · Bitterappels · Chi Cà · Divine Nightshade · Gifappels · Kiauliauogė · Koisot · Maavits · Ma’iidą́ą́’ · Morelle · Morelles · Naachtskaad · Nachtschade · Nachtschatten · Natskygge
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Trinidad, Italian, Venezuela, Greece, Iraq, China, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Antiseptic, Aperient, Cancer(Mouth), Corn
Science studied: ABSCISIC-ACID, ABSCISIC-ACID-1',4'-TRANS-DIOL, ABSCISIC-ACID-1'O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE, ACETALDEHYDE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Solanaceae
Scientific name: Lycopersicon esculentum
Common names: Tomato, Apples of Sodom, Bitter Apples, Bitterappels, Chi Cà, Divine Nightshade, Gifappels, Kiauliauogė, Koisot, Maavits, Ma’iidą́ą́’, Morelle, Morelles, Naachtskaad, Nachtschade, Nachtschatten, Natskygge
History
The source record documents this plant in Trinidad, Italian, Venezuela, Greece, Iraq, China, Dominican Republic, Haiti and 8 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Antiseptic
- Aperient
- Cancer(Mouth)
- Corn
- Depurative
- Digestive
- Flu
- Palpitation
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- Pectoral
- Poison
- Repellant(Insect)
- Vitiligo
- Wart
- Cancer
- Tumor(Liver)
- Cough
- Tumor
- Yellow Fever
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Trinidad
- Italian
- Venezuela
- Greece
- Iraq
- China
- Dominican Republic
- Haiti
- Spain
- West Indies
- US(PA)
- Elsewhere
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- Chile
- Peru
- US
- France
Documented cultural uses
- Antiseptic
- Aperient
- Cancer(Mouth)
- Corn
- Depurative
- Digestive
- Flu
- Palpitation
- Pectoral
- Poison
- Repellant(Insect)
- Vitiligo
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- Wart
- Cancer
- Tumor(Liver)
- Cough
- Tumor
- Yellow Fever
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Antiseptic · Trinidad · "
- Aperient · Italian · "
- Cancer(Mouth) · Venezuela · "
- Corn · Greece · "
- Depurative · Iraq · "
- Digestive · China · "
- Digestive · Iraq · "
- Flu · Dominican Republic · "
- Flu · Haiti · "
- Flu · Trinidad · "
- Palpitation · Trinidad · "
- Pectoral · Dominican Republic · "
- Poison · Spain · "
- Repellant(Insect) · Dominican Republic · "
- Vitiligo · Trinidad · "
- Wart · Trinidad · "
- Cancer · West Indies · "
- Tumor(Liver) · US(PA) · "
- Antiseptic · Elsewhere · "
- Aperient · Iraq · "
- Cancer · Chile · "
- Corn · Peru · "
- Cough · Dominican Republic · "
- Depurative · China · "
3 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Growth, Yield and Yield Component Response of Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill) to different rates of Organic and inorganic fertilizer at Ayehu Guagusa District, Awi Nationality Administration Zone, North Western Ethiopia · 2026 source ↗
- Phytochemical and metabolic changes associated with ripening of Lycopersicon esculentum. · 2025 source ↗
- Microbial Load and Chemical Composition of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) During Market Storage · 2025 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ABSCISIC-ACID
- ABSCISIC-ACID-1',4'-TRANS-DIOL
- ABSCISIC-ACID-1'O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- ACETALDEHYDE
- ACETIC-ACID
- TRANS-ACONITIC-ACID
- ADENOSINE
- BETA-ALANINE
- ALUMINUM
- GABA
- ARABIC-ACID
- ARGININE
- ARSENIC
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- AUROXANTHIN
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- BENZALDEHYDE
- BENZYL-ALCOHOL
- BIOTIN
- BUTANOLS
- 2-BUTANONE
- BUTYROLACTONE
- CADMIUM
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CAFFEIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- CALCIUM
- ALPHA-CAPROLACTONE
- CAPRYLIC-ACID
- CARBOXYLIC-ACID
- BETA-CAROTENE
- GAMMA-CAROTENE
- ZETA-CAROTENE
- CELLULOSE
- CERIUM
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHLOROPHYLL
- CHLOROPHYLL-A
- CHOLINE
- CHROMIUM
- CITRAL
- CITRIC-ACID
- CITROSTADIENOL
- COPPER
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- O-CRESOL
- CUTIN
- CYCLOARTANOL
- CYCLOARTENOL
- CYCLOEUCALENOL
- DAMASCENONE
- DECADIEN-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-AL
- 10,16-DIHYDROXY-DECANOIC-ACID
- DIHYDROXYTARTARIC-ACID
- DIHYDROZEATIN
- 4-ALPHA-24-DIMETHYL-CHOLESTA-7,24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
- 2,7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-2,4-DIENOIC-ACID
- N-DOTRIACONTANE
- 1',2'-EPOXY-1',2'-DIHYDRO-BETA-PSI-CAROTENE
- 1',2'-EPOXY-1',2'-DIHYDRO-BETA-EPSILON-PSEUDOCAROTENE
- 1,2-EPOXY-1,2-DIHYDRO-PSI,PSI-CAROTENE
- 5,6-EPOXY-5,6-DIHYDRO-PSEUDO-PSEUDOCAROTENE
- EPOXY-5,6-IONENE
- ETHANOL
- 24-(R)-ETHYL-LOPHENOL
- ETHYL-PHENOL
- EUGENOL
- FALCARINOL
- FARNESAL
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- 1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- 3-O-FERULOYL-QUINIC-ACID
- FIBER
- FLUORINE
- FOLACIN
- FUMARIC-ACID
- FURFURAL
- JSGGALACTURONIC-ACID
- GERANYL-ACETONE
- GIBBERELLINS
- BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-PHASEIC-ACID
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCERIC-ACID
- GLYCOLIC-ACID
- GLYOXAL
- GRAMISTEROL
- GUAIACOL
- N-HENTRIACONTANE
- HEPTADIEN-TRANS-2,CIS-4-AL
- HEPTULOSE
- HEXADIEN-TRANS-2-,TRANS-4-AL
- HEXANOLS
- N-HEXANOL
- CIS-3-HEXENOL-1
- HISTIDINE
- HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE
- P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE
- 16-HYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID
- 3-BETA-HYDROXY-5-ALPHA-PREG-16-EN-20-ONE
- 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE
- IODINE
- ALPHA-IONENE
- BETA-IONENE
- ISOAMYLOL
- ISOPENTENYL-ADENINE
- N(6)-ISOPENT-2-ENYL-ADENINE
- ISOVALERALDEHYDE
- KAEMPFEROL
- KETOHEPTOSE
- LANOSTEROL
- LEAD
- LEUCINE
- LEUCINES
- LEUCIONPINE
- LINALOL
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- LITHIUM
- LOPHENOL
- LUPEOL
- LUTEIN-EPOXIDE
- LUTEIN-5,6-EPOXIDE
- CIS-5-LYCOPENE
- CIS-5,CIS-5'-LYCOPENE
- LYCOPERSICONOL
- LYCOPHYLL
- LYCOXANTHIN
- LYSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- MALIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- MERCURY
- METHIONINE
- METHYL-2-BUTYRIC-ACID
- 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANAL
- 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENAL
- METHYL-GLYOXAL
- 24-METHYL-LOPHENOL
- S-METHYL-METHIONINE
- 24-METHYL-31-NOR-LANOST-9(11)-EN-3-BETA-OL
- MOLYBDENUM
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NARCOTINE
- NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-U
- NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- NEODYMIUM
- NEOLYCOPENE-B
- NEOTIGOGENIN
- NESTIGOGENIN
- NEUROSPORINE
- CIS-5'-NEUROSPORENE
- NICKEL
- NICOTIANAMINE
- NITROGEN
- NONACOSANE
- ALPHA-NONALACTONE
- 31-NOR-LANOST-8-EN-3-BETA-OL
- 31-NOR-LANOST-9(11)-EN-3-BETA-OL
- OBTUSIFOLIOL
- ALPHA-OCTALACTONE
- OXALIC-ACID
- ALPHA-OXOGLUTARIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PECTINESTERASE
- N-PENTANOL
- 2-PENTANONE
- PHENOL
- PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHENOLICS
- PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOENE-1,2-OXIDE
- PHYTOFLUENE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- PIPECOLIC-ACID
- POLYGALACTURONASE
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- PROPANOLS
- 2-PROPANONE
- PROTEIN
- PROTOPECTIN
- CIS-5'-BETA-PSEUDOCAROTENE
- PYRUVIC-ACID
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE
- QUERCITRIN
- RISHITIN
- RUBIDIUM
- RUTIN
- SALICYLALDEHYDE
- SELENIUM
- SILICON
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- SOLADULCIDINE
- STARCH
- STIGMASTEROL
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- SUGARS
- SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL
- SYRINGALDEHYDE
- TARTARIC-ACID
- TETRA-DECA-CIS-6-ENE-1,3-DIYNE-5,8-DIOL
- THIAMIN
- THREONINE
- TITANIUM
- TOMATIDA-3,5-DIENE
- TOMATIDINE
- TOMATINE
- TRANS-METHYL-6-HEPTADIENE-3,5-ON-2
- TRIACONTANE
- TRICODECAN-3-ONE
- TRIDECAN-3-ONE
- TRIGONELLINE
- TRIMETHYL-2,6,6-HYDROXY-2-CYCLOHEXANONE
- N-TRITRIACONTANE
- TRYPTAMINE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYROSINE
- UBIQUINONE-10
- I-VALERIC-ACID
- VANADIUM
- VANILLIN
- 4-VINYL-GUAIACOL
- VIOLAXANTHIN
- VIT-B-6
- XANTHOPHYLL
- YTTRIUM
- ZEAXANTHIN
- ZEATIN-GLUCOSIDE
- ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE
- ZIRCONIUM
- NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-B
- BETA-AMYRIN
- ASPARAGINE
- BETAINE
- P-COUMARIC-ACID-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- CYSTINE
- 10,16-DIHYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID
- FORMIC-ACID
- ISOLEUCINE
- ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID
- METHYL-6-HEPTEN-5-ON-2
- PECTIN
- PENTEN-1-OL-3
- SERINE
- SOLANINE
- 9,10,18-TRIHYDROXY-OCTADECANOIC-ACID
- I-VALERALDEHYDE
- ACETONE
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BORON
- 1-BUTYL-2-THIAZOL
- CAMPESTEROL
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CELLULASE
- CHLORINE
- CHLOROPHYLL-B
- CINNAMALDEHYDE
- COBALT
- 1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- CYCLOHEXANOL
- DIACETYL
- 2,7-DIMETHYL-OCT-4-ENEDIOIC-ACID
- EPOXY-LUTEIN
- ETHYLENE
- FALCARINDIOL
- FARNESYL-ACETONE
- FERULIC-ACID-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- FRUCTOSE
- GENTISIC-ACID
- GLUCOSE
- GLYCINE
- HEMICELLULOSE
- HEPTADIEN-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-AL
- CIS-HEXEN-3-AL
- O-HYDROXY-ACETOPHENONE
- INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID
- IRON
- ISOPENTENYL-ADENOSINE
- LACTIC-ACID
- LEUCIONPINE-LACTAM
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LUTEIN
- LYCOPENE
- LYCOPERSICONOLIDE
- METHANOL
- 4-ALPHA-METHYL-24-ETHYL-CHOLESTA-7,24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
- METHYL-SALICYLATE
- MEVALONIC-ACID
- NARINGENIN
- NEOLYCOPENE-A
- NEOXANTHIN
- NIACIN
- 31-NORCYCLOARTENAL
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PENTANOLS
- PHENYLACETONITRILE
- PHENYL-2-ETHANOL
- PHYTOENE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PROLYCOPENE
- PROPIONIC-ACID
- CIS-5'-EPSILON-PSEUDOCAROTENE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- RUTINOSIDE
- SILVER
- SQUALENE
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- SULFUR
- N-TETRATRIACONTANE
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- TOMATOSIDE-A
- TRIDECAN-2-ONE
- 9,10,16-TRIHYDROXYHEXADECANOIC-ACID
- TYRAMINE
- VALINE
- WATER
- ZEATIN
- ZINC
- BUTANOL-2-ON-3
- 5ALPHA-FUROSTANE-3BETA,22,26TRIOL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL...
- STRONTIUM
- ALANINE
- BARIUM
- PHYLLOQUINONE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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