Tomato, Origin : Organic Farm

Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum

The word "tomato" may refer to the plant (Solanum lycopersicum) or the edible, typically red, fruit that it bears. The tomato fruit is consumed in diverse ways, including raw, as an ingredient in many dishes and sauces, and in drinks. While it is botanically a fruit, it is considered a vegetable for culinary purposes. Tomato cultivars vary widely in their resistance to disease

Benefits and uses:

The fruit is a familiar vegetable. It is mostly used in food industry as in form of tomato juice, eaten raw in salads or modified into ketchup.

The fruit, leaf, and vine of tomato are used for medicinal purposes. It is a good blood purifier. It helps in reducing the risk of developing hypertension. It is also used to treat high blood pressure, osteoarthritis, the common cold, chills, and digestive disorders. It prevents cancer as in breast, bladder, cervix, colon and rectum, stomach, lung, ovaries, pancreas, and prostate.

Antiseptic properties of tomatoes protect the body against various infections and helps in healing wounds sores and sunburn.

Tomatoes can be used in a number of different ways for beauty ailments. It is a natural beauty ingredient for a clearer, happier and brighter skin and can be easily added to your beauty regime. It is also used in many homemade beauty preparations. It is also used to cure large pores or reduce the acne and rashes or sooth nasty sunburn or simply to revive the glow on dull skin.