The wild tomato grows on a narrow strip along the Pacific coast of South America. Beginning at the end of the 18th century, the tomato was mentioned as a food plant in the southern territories of Russia Crimea, Georgia, and the Lower Volga region. By the middle of the 19th century, it was widely distributed. In the European part of the former USSR, the area of cultivation covers 65 degrees of northern latitude; in the Asian part, it covers 61 degrees of northern latitude. The area of distribution encompasses about 370 thousand hectares.

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