Punicaceae
Pomegranate Family
The Punicaceae family (Pomegranate Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Myrtales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a tree. Several members are valued in traditional medicine.
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Opposite, glossy leaves on shrubs and small trees; bright red-orange, crinkled-petalled flowers have a thick, leathery, persistent calyx that hardens into the crown seen on a ripe pomegranate, encasing hundreds of juicy seed-coated arils inside.
The crown-like calyx that tops a ripe pomegranate is the same persistent flower calyx found on every relative in the wider henna and crepe-myrtle family, just unusually thickened and woody here.
Notable members
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