Tomato

Description

Local tomatoes are partly sour and partly sweet and contain many seeds inside which are edible. The red colour present in tomatoes is due to lycopene, an anti-oxidant.

Tomatoes contain Vitamin C,K. lycopene, an antioxidant that reduces the risk of cancer and heart-diseases.

They protect the eyes from light induced damage.Essential for pregnant women as these tomatoes protect infants against neural tube defects.