Tomatoes are known in Bangladesh as 'Bilati Barun'. Tomato is widely known as vegetable in Bangladesh. Although vegetables have plenty of fruit in Tamoto and eat like fruit it can be eaten without cooking.
There is a great demand for vitamins and mineral rich tomatoes as vegetables and salads. This is a special cashing vegetable for small and medium farmers. In addition to its use as a vegetable, its use in the food processing industry is well known. Tomato exports have huge potential to meet the demand of the country's market. Tomato sauce is also popular with cooking and with food.
It is popular everywhere, due to its attractiveness, good taste, high nutrition and usability in many ways. These vegetables contain a lot of protein, calcium, vitamins and vitamin C. Tomatoes have special components called lycopen, which can help in the prevention of organs of the lungs, stomach, pancreatic, colon, breast, bladder, prostate etc.
Tomato is one of the main winter vegetables in our country, but in Bangladesh, tomato can be successfully cultivated in summer.