树番茄,英名Tree tomato,学名Cy-Phomandra betacea Sendt.它与有名的近缘植物番茄(Solanum tuberosum L.)相似,原产于秘鲁的安弟斯山区.在南美,人们早已栽培许多年,现在广泛分布于全世界的热带高地.在第二次世界大战爆发前,虽然树番茄引入远东不久,而它的果实在马来半岛和印度尼西亚市场上比在中美洲市场上更为普遍. Tree tomato, known under the name of Tree tomato, Cy-Phomandra betacea Sendt. It is similar to the famous Solanum tuberosum L. native to Peru’s Andean Mountains. In South America, people have been cultivated for many years and now Widely distributed in the tropical highlands of the world Before the outbreak of World War II, although the tree tomato was introduced into the Far East soon, its fruits were more prevalent in the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia than in the Central American markets.