Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Punica granatum L.
Family : PUNICACEAE
Genus : Punica
Catalan common name : Magraner.
Spanish common name : Granado.
General distribution : East Mediterranean
Flowering time : June. July. August.
Life-forms : Phanerophyte.
Habitat : Cultivated specie and subespontaneous.
Uses and properties : Aphrodisiac. Edible or foodstuffs. Medicinal. Symbolic uses. Textile industry.
Observations : Cultivated as an ornamental plant throughout Spain.
Status : Alien species.
Origen : Sud-oest d´Àsia
Location on-campus UIB : Plantat a l'entrada de l'hivernacle.
Description : A spiny deciduous shrub or tree that can reach up to 6 m in height, with a dark grey bark. Leaves are simple, opposite, although some are alternate or fasciculate, between 3-8 cm in length, and 0.8 to 2.5 cm in width, oblong-lanceolate. The lamina is leathery and a brilliant green. Flowers are reddish yellow, very showy and surrounded by a calyx, red and fleshy, cupped shaped with 5-7 lobes that persist with the fruit. Edible fruit with many seeds and a tasty pulp.
Flowering period : May-june
