lycopersicon esculentum

action	antiseptic, aperient, digestive, pectoral
common name	garden tomato, tomato
contains	B vitamins, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin P
family	solanaceae
indigenous use	italian
range	channel island national park, chesapeake and ohio canal, chile, colonial national historic park, dominican republic, fort donelson national battlefield, france, great smoky mountains national park, greece, haiti, hawaii volcanoes national park, iraq, pennslyvania, peru, santa monica mounatins nat. rec. area, spain, trinidad, us, venezuela, west indies
use	poison
used to treat	cancer, corns, cough, depurative, flu, palpitations, tumor, vitiligo, warts