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Flora
Entry for PUNICA granatum L. [family LYTHRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert & M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
PUNICA granatumL. [family LYTHRACEAE], (1753).
Information
Much-branched shrub/small tree; branches sometimes spine-tipped; glabrous throughout. Leaves oblanceolate to narrow-oblong, without gland dots. Hypanthium ± urceolate, red, leathery; lobes persistent. Petals obovate, bright red. Fruit a globose leathery berry, 5–10 cm in diam., red to yellow suffused with red. Seeds very closely packed, c. 3–5 mm across with thick, juicy, translucent, often reddish outer layer.
Range
Grown for the attractive flowers and edible fruits at least in N3 and S2 probably native to Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan. Cultivated throughout the Mediterranean areas since prehistoric times, now widely grown in temperate and subtropical areas.
