PUNICA GRANATUM

PUNICA GRANATUM


Pomegranate


Not to be confused with permanganate.
Pomegranate


A pomegranate
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Myrtales
Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Punica
Species: P. granatum
Binomial name
Punica granatum
L.
Synonyms
Punica malus
Linnaeus, 1758
A
pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or
small tree growing to between five and eight meters tall. Native to the
drier regions of the Mediterranean Basin, pomegranate is widely
cultivated throughout India and parts of southeast Asia, Malaya, the
East Indies and tropical Africa.Introduced into Latin America and
California by Spanish settlers in 1769, pomegranate is now cultivated in
parts of California and Arizona for juice production.
In
the Northern Hemisphere, the fruit is typically in season from
September to February.[3] In the Southern Hemisphere, it is in season
from March to May.
An
ancient fruit, pomegranate is mentioned in Europe as early as the
Iron-Age Greek Mythology in the Homeric hymns. Yet, it has still to
reach mainstream prominence as a consumer fruit in commercial markets of
North America and the Western Hemisphere.












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