The tomato... is an herbaceous, usually sprawling plant in the solanaceae or nightshade family, as are its close cousins tobacco, chili peppers, potato, and eggplant. The tomato is native to Central, South, and southern North America from Mexico to Argentina......the tomato probably originated in the highlands of the west coast of South America.
...There is a competing hypothesis that says the plant, like the word "tomato", originated in Mexico, where one of the two apparently oldest "wild" types grows. It is entirely possible that domestication arose in both regions independently. Diversity data suggests the center of diversity.
More links from wikipedia:
1.1 Early history
1.2 Spanish distribution
1.3 Tomatoes in Britain
1.4 North America
1.5 Production trends
2 Cultivation and uses
2.1 Varieties
2.2 Diseases and pests
2.3 Pollination
2.4 Hydroponic and greenhouse cultivation
2.5 Picking and ripening
2.6 Modern uses of tomatoes
2.7 Storage
3 Botanical description
4 Nutritional aspects
5 Myths of the tomato
6 Controversies
6.1 Botanical classification
6.2 Fruit or vegetable?
6.3 Pronunciation
6.4 Safety
7 Tomato records
* Over 400 varieties of tomato available (heirloomtomatoes.bizland.com)
* Tomato varieties for the garden (naturalhub.com)
* The tomato lovers festival (tomatofest.com)
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