tomato plant

Staked garden vine

A tomato plant is the vine that produces tomatoes, cultivated worldwide as a food crop.

The plants have distinctive fuzzy stems and leaves with a pungent smell, and they produce yellow flowers before fruiting.

Though botanically perennial, tomato plants are typically grown as annuals in temperate climates: The tomato plants are finally setting fruit.

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