View source for Punica ← Punica You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Punica |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 472. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Pomegranate |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Lythraceae;Punica |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lythraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Punica]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek phoenikeos, reddish purple, alluding to classical name punicum malum, apple of Carthage |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub growth form or habitat;shrub some measurement;shrub pubescence;tree size;tree growth form or habitat;tree some measurement;tree pubescence"><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, terrestrial, 20–60 dm, glabrous throughout.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;thorn texture"><b>Stems </b>erect, much-branched, branches often terminating as indurate thorns.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>opposite to subopposite;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">subsessile to shortly petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;foliar nectary development">blade oblong to lanceolate-elliptic, base rounded to attenuate, apex often developing foliar nectary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence development;inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>determinate, usually terminal, sometimes axillary, in 1–5 clusters, racemes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>sessile, actinomorphic, monostylous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="floral-tube position;floral-tube position;floral-tube position;floral-tube coloration;floral-tube coloration;floral-tube shape;floral-tube shape;floral-tube width;floral-tube texture;floral-tube size">floral-tube semi-epigynous to epigynous, usually red, sometimes yellow, campanulate or urceolate-campanulate, thick, leathery, slightly constricted medially;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="epicalyx segment presence">epicalyx segments absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal orientation;sepal orientation;sepal orientation;sepal quantity">sepals 5–8, erect to recurved, 1/4–1/3 floral-tube length;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal duration;petal quantity;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal prominence;petal arrangement">petals deciduous, 5–8, usually bright red, white, or variegated, sometimes yellow, showy, crumpled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="nectariferous tissue presence">nectariferous tissue present at ovary-floral tube junction;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="floral-tube stamen quantity;floral-tube stamen position or shape">stamens many, covering inner surface of floral-tube distal to ovary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="ovary position;layer quantity;layer arrangement or position;layer architecture">ovary semi or fully inferior, carpels in 2 (or 3) superposed, twisted layers [in 1 regular whorl];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="placenta shape">placenta elongate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style size">style slender;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="fruits berry architecture;sepal duration;wall width;wall texture;wall dehiscence;wall architecture or dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>berries, crowned by persistent sepals and stamens, walls thick and leathery, indehiscent, splitting irregularly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;outer layer texture;inner layer texture"><b>Seeds </b>ca. 100–1400, reddish purple, oblong-pyramidal, outer layer fleshy, inner layer hardened;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="cotyledon shape">cotyledons rolled.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Europe;Asia (India);Asia (Iran);Asia (Middle East);Africa;introduced also in warmer regions of the New World and Old World |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Punica protopunica Balfour f. is known only from the Indian Ocean island of Socotra in Yemen.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Punica |author=Shirley A. Graham |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Lythraceae |distribution=Europe;Asia (India);Asia (Iran);Asia (Middle East);Africa;introduced also in warmer regions of the New World and Old World |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml= |genus=Punica |base shape=rounded;attenuate |blade shape=oblong;lanceolate-elliptic |cotyledon shape=rolled |epicalyx segment presence=absent |floral-tube coloration=yellow;red |floral-tube position=semi-epigynous;epigynous |floral-tube shape=urceolate-campanulate;campanulate |floral-tube size=constricted |floral-tube stamen position or shape=distal |floral-tube stamen quantity=many |floral-tube texture=leathery |floral-tube width=thick |flower architecture=actinomorphic;sessile |foliar nectary development=developing |fruits berry architecture=crowned |inflorescence development=determinate |inflorescence position=axillary |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |inner layer texture=hardened |layer architecture=twisted |layer arrangement or position=superposed |layer quantity=2 |leaf architecture=subsessile;shortly petiolate |leaf arrangement=opposite;subopposite |nectariferous tissue presence=absent |outer layer texture=fleshy |ovary position=inferior |petal arrangement=crumpled |petal coloration=yellow;variegated;white;variegated;white;bright red |petal duration=deciduous |petal prominence=showy |petal quantity=5;8 |placenta shape=elongate |seed coloration=reddish purple |seed quantity=100;1400 |seed shape=oblong-pyramidal |sepal duration=persistent |sepal orientation=erect;recurved |sepal quantity=1/4;1/3 |shrub growth form or habitat=terrestrial |shrub pubescence=glabrous |shrub some measurement=20dm;60dm |stem architecture=much-branched |stem orientation=erect |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |style size=slender |thorn texture=indurate |tree growth form or habitat=terrestrial |tree pubescence=glabrous |tree size=small |tree some measurement=20dm;60dm |wall architecture or dehiscence=splitting |wall dehiscence=indehiscent |wall texture=leathery |wall width=thick }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Lythraceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Lythraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Punica.