有资料认为,番茄原产南北美洲,祖籍秘鲁。数年前考古发现,其祖籍应是我国四川成都凤凰山一带。成都博物馆考古队1983年7月在成都凤凰山园艺场发掘一座西汉古墓时,发现该木椁墓葬室底层的藤筒、竹筒里盛放着农作物种子。他们为防止藤筒、竹筒干裂损坏,用湿布将其覆盖。不料1个多月后,藤筒、竹筒里竟长出40多株植物嫩芽。后 Data that, tomato native to North and South America, native of Peru. Archeology discovered a few years ago that its ancestral home should be in the vicinity of Fenghuang Mountain in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. In July 1983, an archaeological team of Chengdu Museum discovered a tomb of Western Han Dynasty in Fenghuang Mountain Horticultural Field in Chengdu. When it was discovered that the tombstone on the bottom of the mound was buried in the bamboo barrel, it contained the crop seeds. They are to prevent the rattan tube, bamboo stem crack damage, covered with a damp cloth. Unexpectedly, more than 1 month later, rattan tube, bamboo tube actually grow more than 40 plant shoots. Rear