What is the proper botanical name for the tomato?
Cherry tomato? Grape? Plum? Heirloom?
Answer
Dear Gardener: The proper name for the tomato has been changed to Solanum lycopersicum. For further identification of your specific tomatoes, the best way to get the names is to go to: tnrs.iplantcollaborative.org. They will email to you the correct full name of all the plants you request. As for your question about the name for "heirloom tomato", that is a large group of tomatoes. The way to get the name for them would be to add the specific heirloom tomatoes that you are interested in.