The green tomato contains alkaloid glycosides (lobelia alkaloids) in the form of needle-like crystals, which are very stable to alkaline, but can be hydrolyzed by acid. Therefore, the unripe green tomatoes eat often feel uncomfortable, light mouth feel bitter, serious cases will be poisonous phenomenon. Especially when the green tomatoes begin to rot, its lobelia alkaloids will be destroyed. And after the green tomatoes become red, it does not contain the anemone alkaloids.
Tomatoes, also known as tomatoes, tomatoes. The ancient name of June persimmon, happy three dollars. In Peru and Mexico, originally called "wolf peach". The whole body with mucilaginous glandular hairs, has a strong odor. The stem is easy to fall. Leaves pinnately compound or pinnatipartite, leaflets highly irregular, unequal in size, ovate or oblong, margin irregularly serrated or lobed. Calyx rotate, lobes lanceolate, persistent when fruiting; corolla rotate, yellow. Berry compressed globose or subglobose, fleshy and juicy, orange or bright red, smooth; seeds yellow. Flowering and fruiting in summer and fall.
Tomato is a temperature-loving, light-loving vegetables, the soil conditions are not too strict, but in order to get a good yield, to promote the good development of the root system, should be selected with a deep layer of soil, well-drained, rich in organic matter of fertile loam. Native to South America, widely cultivated in north and south China.
Tomatoes are rich in nutrients, with a special flavor. With weight loss, eliminate fatigue, improve appetite, improve the digestion of protein, reduce bloating and other effects.