Description: An annual, fast-growing plant, with many branches, all covered with soft glandular hairs, which give off the characteristic tomato smell. Leaves are interruptedly unpaired pinnate bearing in their axils yellow star-like flowers arranged in clusters. The fruit is usually a multichambered, juicy berry, but in cultivated plants it greatly varies in shape, size and colour, and can be globose to irregularly lobate, smooth or deeply grooved, red, yellow or orange. Read the rest of this entry »

Description: A perennial plant of shrubby growth, reaching about 50 cm in height. Its numerous leaves are heart-shaped or ovoid, serrate, sparsely hairy. The flowers are small and white, appearing from June till July. Prefers sheltered, sunny places and rich soil. Propagated by seed or root division. Read the rest of this entry »

Description: A shrub or tree up to 8 m high, with light greyish-brown, vertically cracked bark. The branches are greyish-white, with white pith inside. The leaves are unpaired pinnate, with oblong-ovoid, serrate leaflets. The creamy-white flowers, arranged in dense flat clusters, appear from the end of May till July; they give off an intense, sweetish smell. The fruit are round, glossy, violet-black berries containing a large quantity of dark juice. Read the rest of this entry »

Description: An evergreen tropical tree up to 20 m high with a dense, symmetrical, pyramidal crown. Its forked trunk has many lateral branches covered with smooth grey bark. In plantations it is usually cultivated to only 8-12 m in height. Read the rest of this entry »