Details of genus: Cyphomandra Mart. ex Sendtn. [1826]
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genus_en: Tree tomato
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accepted: Accepted
Family: Solanaceae
family_ja: ナス
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description_en: Genus of about 30 species of perennials and evergreen shrubs, trees, and climbers from the margins of dry forests in tropical America. Leaves are simple, occasionally 3-lobed, or compound, and arranged alternately. Star-, bowl-, or saucer-shaped flowers, each with 5 petal lobes, may be produced singly or in racemes or panicles from the upper leaf axils. Tomato-like, spherical to oblong-ellipsoid fruits, produced from summer to winter, are palatable only when fully ripe. In frost-prone climates, grow in a cool or temperate greenhouse; in warmer areas, use in a shrub border, courtyard garden, or fruit garden.
hardiness_en: Frost tender.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed at 13-18°C (55-64°F) in spring. Root greenwood cuttings with bottom heat in early summer.
pests_en: Susceptible to whiteflies and red spider mites under glass.
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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-07-05 11:41
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| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Solanaceae | ナス科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Solanaceae | ナス科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Solanaceae | ナス科 | Show |