Pomegranate
Punica granatum · Lythraceae · 석류나무
How to spot it
Marked by a thick leathery rind, a fruit holding many seeds, and crinkled petals.
Look
- Leaves
- Glossy dark green leaves are alternate, opposite or whorled.
- Flowers
- Flowers with crinkled petals cluster at the branch tips. Flower color differs by cultivar.
- Fruit
- Many seeds, each surrounded by juicy red tissue, sit inside a thick leathery rind.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Planted
- Native to
- The region from northeastern Turkey to Afghanistan.
- Ecology
- Prefers a warm, dry climate and tolerates drought. Animals eat the fruit and spread the seeds.
Sources
- NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- 국립수목원 국가표준재배식물목록(개정)
- Lazare et al. (2020), The Effect of Macronutrient Availability on Pomegranate Reproductive Development
- 국립생물자원관, 국가생물종목록 I(2019)
- 대구광역시 (2019), 제2차 대구광역시 도시림 등 조성·관리계획
- 산림청·국립수목원 (2012), 한국의 가로수 — 나무가 만드는 아름다운 길
- Perseus Digital Library — Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter
- 오비디우스 『변신이야기』 5권 (Brookes More 영역, 1922, Perseus 디지털 도서관)