punica granatum

PARTS USED
Root, stem, husk, seed, rind of the fruit

Pomegranate grows as a shrub
in its native southern Asia and in hot areas of the world.
Under cultvation, it is trained to a tree up to 20 feet high,
being grown in Asia, the Mediterranean region, South America,
the southern United States, and greenhouses in cooler climates.
The slender, often spiny-tipped branches bear opposite,
oblong or oval-lanceeolate, shiney leaves about 1to 2 inches long.
One to five large, red or orange-red flowers frow together
on the tips of axillary shoots.
The brownish to yellow to red fruit, about the size of an orange,
is a thick-skinned, several-celled, many-seeded berry, each seed
is surrounded by red, acid pulp.


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