Lycopersicon LYCOPERSICUM (L.) Karsten
| Synonym : | Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Hydroglossum circinnatum (Burm. f.) Willd. Ophioglossum circinnatum Burm. f. |
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| Bangla Name : | Belati Begun, Tok Begun, Tometo, Khatta baioon (Chittagong). |
| English Name : | Tomato. |
| Family : | Solanaceae |
| Disease : | Gastric, antiseptic, canker of the mouth, dyspepsia, bile and kidney disease. |
| Description : | An odorous viscidly pubescent annual herb, up to 1 m tall. Stems weak and trailing. Leaves up to 30 cm long, imparipinnate, lyrate or sometimes slightly lobed. Flowers small, 1.5-1.7 cm across, yellow, on lax, few-flowered, peduncled cymes. Fruits juicy, variable in size (2-10 cm across), shape (round, oblong or lobed) and colour (deep red, brick red or yellowish). |
| Distribution : | Cultivated throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain glycol-alkaloides, tomatine and tomatidine and traces of solanine, amino acids and amides. Seeds contain neotigogenin, quercetin, kaempferol, lupeol, lanost-8-en-3?-ol, lanosterol, 24-methylenelanost-8-en-3?-ol, cycloartanol, 24-methylenecy |
| Uses : | Pulp and juice of the fruit is digestive, mild aperient, promoter of gastric secretion, blood purifier and intestinal antiseptic, useful in canker of the mouth. Tomato is good in atonic dyspepsia, promotes flow of bile, corrective for kidneys, a gentle na |
| Habit : | Herb |