Tamarillo
மரத் தக்காளிമരത്തക്കാളി
Solanum betaceum Cav.
- light
- —
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 5.0 m
- wide
- —
Solanaceae
Also called Tree tomato, Tree-tomato, Tomato Tree, Tree Tomato
Formerly Cyphomandra betacea, Cyphomandra crassifolia, Cyphomandra procera, Dimorphylia icononciana, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 5.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -2 °C (USDA zone 9b)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- tomate de árbol, Tomate de palo, Lima Tomate
- Portuguese
- Tamarilho, Tomate-de-árvore, Tomate-arbóreo
- French
- Tamarillo, Tomate en arbre, Tomate arbuste
- Chinese
- 樹番茄, 树番茄
- Finnish
- puutomaatti
- Czech
- Lilek rajčenka
- Chinese (China)
- 树番茄
- Swedish
- tamarillo, trädtomat
- Estonian
- tamarillo-tomatipuu
- Afrikaans
- Boomtamatie, boom-tamatie, boomtamatie
- Danish
- Trætomat
- Russian
- Цифомандра свекольная
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Solanum betaceum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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