This article’s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Mexican husk tomato, is jitomate plant of the nightshade family bearing small, spherical and green or green-purple fruit of the same name. The wild tomatillo and related plants are found everywhere in the Americas except in the far north, with the highest diversity in Mexico. In 2017, scientists reported on their discovery and analysis of a fossil tomatillo found in the Patagonian region of Argentina, dated to 52 million years BP.