Belonging to the family Solanaceae, the common or usual name of tomato, tomato or tomato. The tomato is an annual plant, but sometimes can last more than a year in the field. Its origin was in the American Southwest, the tomato was introduced to Europe by the Spanish colonizers in the Americas.
The tomato is a refreshing, diuretic and very good food vegetable, ideal for diets, its low energy content (100 grams of tomato contribute barely 20 calories), 95% of its composition is water, so it is such a light vegetable .
Vigorous and rustic plant. It produces fruits of elongated piriform of 4.5-7 cm firm easily peeled and finely colored.

Roma tomato type: This is an Italian variety for canned peeled tomatoes with small bi or trilocular fruit, the fruit can be round, flattened or pear-shaped, and the size is homogeneous.

Trivia:

- 100 grams of tomato provide only 18 kcal.

- This strain is resistant to two major diseases: Fusarium and Verticillium