Is Tomato a Fruit or a Vegetable?

Philippines
September 23, 2010 9:29am CST
Doing my blogs on Fruits and Vegetables, I wrote a post about Tomato. Initially, I was thinking that Tomato is a vegetable, having been considered as such by the US Department of Agriculture. But, browsing through the web, lots of sites consider this wonderful food a fruit. Could please help me settle the issue?
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@kmaram (2533)
• Philippines
23 Sep 10
Its a fruit, i don't know where is the tomato belong i mean which family she belongs. Well i do believe its a fruit although we mistaken it from being a vegetable maybe because we used it in culinary purposes. =)
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• Philippines
23 Sep 10
yes, i guess you are right
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
9 Mar 12
There is something called rasam made from tomato and it is very tasty. The recipe can be find in the internet. I think one should try making rasam. It is a Southindian dish. There is something called rasavada where vada is put on the tomato soup or rasam and with spices and eaten hot. It is very yummy.
• Malaysia
7 Oct 10
tomato is herb
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• India
10 Apr 11
Because it grows on a plant it is fruit and because we eat it , it is vegetable, so US dept of agriculture is right and other sites are also right.. Thanks for sharing Cheers. God bless you, have a nice day ahead. Professor ‘Bhuwan’. .
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
28 Sep 11
I think tomato is both fruit and vegetables and it can be eat as fruit and also used with vegetables and be considered as vegetables.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
30 Sep 10
I have always use tomato as a vegetable. But I don't like tomato considered as a fruit.
• Philippines
30 Sep 10
Me too. I always think of fruits as sweet and foods that you can eat on its own. Tomato? I always eat it, in partner with other foods.
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@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
23 Sep 10
i believe it's a fruit.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
30 Sep 10
Tomato can be eaten as fruit and also be used as vegetable.
• Mumbai, India
23 Sep 10
hello Pinoycity, Tamato is a typically Red edible fruit as well as the plant "solanum lycopersicum", usually grown in cooler climates :). Botanically it is a fruit though considered a vegetable for culinary purposes, yess USA supreme court has passed a verdict to consider it as a vegetable which has caused this confusion to arise. Hope this helps :)
• Philippines
23 Sep 10
yes it does. thanks.
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@chicko (86)
• India
11 Nov 10
Botonically a berry, it is characterised as a vegetable. Most fruits are sweet, but tomato is not!Its never used in sweet receipes, never placed next to a banana or apple in a grocery store! In 1983 US supreme court declared it as vegetable.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
9 Oct 10
Tomato is considering as fruit. Now we are use it as vegetable as widely than fruit. I am also eat it as fruit.
@LaurenInLA (2270)
• United States
23 Sep 10
I've always thought of a tomato as a vegetable but I think that it is considered a fruit. Seems strange.
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