What is Pomegranate?
{{Taxobox | name = Pomegranate | image = Pomegranate fruit - whole and piece with arils.jpg | image_caption = Fruit of pomegranate with juicy seeds | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | unranked_divisio = [[Flowering plant|Angiosperms]] | unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] | unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]] | ordo = [[Myrtales]] | familia = [[Lythraceae]] | genus = ''[[Punica]]'' | species = '''''P. granatum''''' | binomial = ''Punica granatum'' | binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] | synonyms = *''Punica florida'' <small>Salisb. </small> * ''Punica grandiflora '' <small>hort. ex Steud. </small> * ''Punica nana '' <small>L. </small> * ''Punica spinosa '' <small>Lam.</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2536844 |title=''Punica granatum'' L., The Plant List, Version 1.1 |date=2013 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden |accessdate=8 January 2017 |archive-date=4 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004115118/http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2536844 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} The '''pomegranate''' (''Punica granatum'') is a [[fruit]]-bearing [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] that grows between {{convert|5|and|10|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall. The pomegranate originated in the region extending from [[Anatolia]] to northern India or [[South Asia]]. Although previously placed in its own family '''Punicaceae''', recent [[Phylogeny|phylogenetic]] studies have shown that ''Punica'' belongs in the family [[Lythraceae]], and it is classified in that family by the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]]. Today, it's widely cultivated throughout the Mediterranean countries. It is the most recognizable symbols of [[Armenia]]. In [[Armenian mythology]] it symbolizes fertility and good fortune. It was a guardian against the evil eye.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Admin|date=2012-10-22|title=Pomegranate, symbol of Armenia|url=https://www.peopleofar.com/2012/10/22/pommegranade-symbol-of-armenia/|access-date=2023-09-21|website=PeopleOfAr|language=en-US}}</ref> == H