Common Name:
Pomegranate
Two species of densely branched, deciduous shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, clustered, and entire. Flowers bisexual, 1-5 at shoot tips, calyx campanulate to tubular, sepals 5-8, petals 5-7, overlapping, stamens numerous. Native from the eastern Mediterranean to Himalaya.
Punica: from the Latin name, Malum punicum, of Pliny.
Pronunciation:
PU-ni-ka
Family:
Punicaceae