Stock Photo - Tomatoes are arranged together in a group. Lycopersicon esculentum. Scientific classification. Kingdom: Plantae. Subkingdom: Tracheobionta. Division: Magnoliophyta. Class: Magnoliopsida. Subclass: Asteridae. Order: Solanales. Family: Solanaceae. Genus: Solanum. Species: S. lycopersicum. The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum, formerly Lycopersicon lycopersicum) is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family,It is a short_lived perennial plant, grown as an annual plant, typically growing to 1-3 m in height, with a weak, woody stem that usually scrambles over other plants. The genus Solanum also contains the eggplant and the potato, as well as many poisonous species. The leaves are 10-25 cm long, pinnate, with 5-9 leaflets, each leaflet up to 8 cm long, with a serrated margin; both the stem and leaves are densely glandular hairy. The flowers are 1-2 cm across, yellow, with five pointed lobes on the corolla. Pune, Maharashtra, india.