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Pomegranate
Punica granatum L.
Family: Lythraceae
2 to 5 m tall
Gardens, orchards, warm walls, ordinary free-draining soils
Flowering: May – August
Full sun
Hardy to -15°C
❓ How do you recognise this plant?
Its fruits, pomegranates, have been cultivated since antiquity for their juicy, tangy seeds.
🍃 Leaves
Deciduous, narrow, lanceolate, glossy green
🌸 Flowers
Large bright orange-red flowers, crumpled petals, fleshy calyx
🍎 Fruits
Large round berries with a leathery orange-red skin, full of juicy seeds (pomegranates)
🪵 Bark
Often spiny twigs, grey bark
🗺️ Distribution
South-west Asia, eastern Mediterranean; cultivated since antiquity in southern France, sometimes subspontaneous.
🐝 Value for pollinators
Large orange-red flowers rich in nectar, visited by bees.
✂️ Horticultural uses
Planted as a specimen or in a Mediterranean bed for its ornamental flowers and fruits.
⚠️ Possible toxicity
Bark and roots rich in alkaloids toxic if eaten; the fruits (pomegranates) are edible.
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