Although the tomato is sometimes called a vegetable, botanically it is a fruit, for it is the edible part of the plant that contains the seeds (generally a vegetable consists of the edible stems, leaves, and roots of a plant).
Saskaņā ar Ginesa rekordu grāmatu, lielākais tomāts, kāds līdz šim reģistrēts, ir svēris 3,5 kilogramus un ir ticis izaudzēts Oklahomā (ASV).