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Solanum arcanum is a wild perennial, woody-based tomato relative from the Andean valleys of northern Peru, grown mainly by breeders and botanists rather than home gardeners. It is grown much like tomato: full sun, free-draining soil and steady moisture.
Solanum arcanum is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae in section Lycopersicon, the tomatoes, endemic to Peru.
It is found in coastal and inland Andean valleys in northern Peru at elevations 100–2,500 metres (300–8,200 feet).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Solanum arcanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
