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Trefle Get Species Example

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Trefle Get Species Example is an example object payload from Trefle, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

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{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://trefle.io/api/v1/species/solanum-lycopersicum?token={your_token}",
    "headers": {
      "Accept": "application/json"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "data": {
        "id": 678281,
        "common_name": "Tomato",
        "slug": "solanum-lycopersicum",
        "scientific_name": "Solanum lycopersicum",
        "status": "accepted",
        "rank": "species",
        "family": "Solanaceae",
        "family_common_name": "Nightshade family",
        "genus": "Solanum",
        "genus_id": 2478,
        "image_url": "https://bs.floristic.org/image/o/b38d354fd9d15a94d0b8b4a1e5e9d81694d3ebd4.jpg",
        "edible": true,
        "edible_part": ["fruit"],
        "vegetable": true,
        "distribution": {
          "native": ["South America"],
          "introduced": ["Europe", "North America", "Asia"],
          "naturalised": ["Africa"]
        },
        "growth": {
          "light": 9,
          "atmospheric_humidity": 5,
          "soil_humidity": 6,
          "ph_minimum": 5.5,
          "ph_maximum": 7.0,
          "bloom_months": ["May", "June", "July", "August"],
          "fruit_months": ["July", "August", "September", "October"]
        },
        "specifications": {
          "growth_habit": "erect",
          "growth_rate": "rapid",
          "toxicity": "none",
          "average_height": { "cm": 120 },
          "maximum_height": { "cm": 200 }
        },
        "flower": {
          "color": ["yellow"],
          "conspicuous": true
        },
        "foliage": {
          "texture": "medium",
          "color": ["green"],
          "leaf_retention": false
        },
        "fruit_or_seed": {
          "conspicuous": true,
          "color": ["red", "yellow", "orange"],
          "shape": "round"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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