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Punica granatum
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Family:
PUNICACEAE
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Citation: Punica granatum L., Sp. Pl. 472. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 581. 1879; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 146. 1995; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 383. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Atthazhachakka, Dadiman, Mathalam, Mathalanaregam, Pumathalam, Urumbumathalam, Urumathalam, Thalimathalam
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Tamil name(s):
Dadima
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English name(s):
Pomegranate
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Description:
Tree or shrub, l.5-5 m tall. Branches terete, opposite, branchlets usually ending in spines. Leaves glabrous, lustrous 19-35(-50) x 8-12 (-15) mm, oblong-lanceolate to obovate or elliptic, subpetiolate, entire, apex sub-actue to obtuse. Flowers scarlet red or white, conspicuous, 3 cm or more in length. Calyx 20-35 mm long, indented slightly above the middle, reddish, somewhat succulent; lobes 5-7,c. 8 mm long, triangular. Petals and stamens inserted at the throat of the calyx. Petals 16-20 x 10-12 mm, broadly obovate, wrinkled, alternating with the sepal lobes. Filaments c. 7 mm long, multiseriate, persistent. Ovary subglobose; style thick, c. 1 cm long, reddish; stigma simple; slightly bilobed. Fruit globose, 2-8 cm in diameter, sometimes persistent, pale red to scarlet, or brownish, partitioned by thin leathery yellow septa; the rind thick and coriaceous. Seeds red or pink, c. 10 mm long, angular, testa thick, fleshy and juicy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Central & West Asia, West Himalaya, widely cultivated in East Himalaya, South Europe and Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ariankavu
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