POMEGRANATE FAMILY
Punica granatum (POMEGRANATE)
(Nar) (Granatapfelbaum)
Punicacea
Deciduous shrubs or trees, sometimes spiny. Stem up to 5 m. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to obovate, up to 7 cm. Flowers solitary, terminal. Sepals 5-7. Petals free, scarlet-red, up to 20 mm. Ovary inferior, fruit large, berry-like, with leathery exocarp; seed numerous, each surrounded by pulp. Fruit edible. Fl. May-June. Limestone slopes, scrub
S. W. & C. Asia. Widely cultivated for its fruit (Pomegranate; in Turkish 'Nar'); in Turkey naturalized and probably wild, especially in the North-East.
