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.
To check whether a plant belongs to Punicaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
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Families that can look similar
Myrtaceae
Compare against Myrtaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare MyrtaceaeMelastomataceae
Compare against Melastomataceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare MelastomataceaeCombretaceae
Compare against Combretaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare CombretaceaeLythraceae
Compare against Lythraceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare LythraceaeAll 1 species in PUNICACEAE
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