What does a pomegranate tree look like?

Pomegranate is a deciduous tree or shrub of the pomegranate genus of the pomegranate family. The history of cultivation of pomegranate in China can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. According to Lu Gong, Zhang Qian was introduced from the Western regions. The fruit is nutritious and the vitamin C content is one or two times higher than that of apples and pears. I believe that many friends have eaten pomegranate, but have not seen what the pomegranate tree looks like. Let's take a look at what the pomegranate tree looks like.

Tree trunk

Pomegranate trees are evergreen trees in the tropics, with clusters of natural round heads, yellowish-brown roots, strong growth and easy roots and tillers in the rhizosphere. The height of the tree can reach 5 to 7 meters, usually 3 to 4 meters, but the dwarf pomegranate is only about 1 meter or less high. The trunk is grayish brown, with tuberous protuberances, and the trunk is twisted to the left.

Crown

The pomegranate has many branches in the crown, the twigs are angled, mostly square, and the branchlets are flexible and not easy to break. One branch staggered opposite on a growing branchlet, with small spines. The length of thorn is related to variety and growth. A prosperous tree has many thorns, but an old tree has few thorns. The color of buds varies with the seasons, including purple, green and orange.

Leaves

Pomegranate leaves opposite or clustered, long-lanceolate to oblong, or elliptic-lanceolate, 2-8 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, tip pointed, glossy surface, abaxial midvein raised, with short petiole.

Flower

Pomegranate flower bisexual, according to whether the ovary is developed or not, there is a difference between bell-shaped flowers and tube-shaped flowers, the former ovary developed good at fertilization results, the latter often withered unfruitful. Petals Obovate, alternate as many as sepals, imbricate. Flowers can be divided into single and double. Double variety pistil and stamen multi-petal flowers and sterility, petals as many as dozens. The flowers are red, but also white and yellow, pink, agate and other colors. Stamens numerous, filaments glabrous. Pistil with 1 style, longer than stamens, carpels 4-8, ovary inferior.

Fruit

After ripening, the fruit of the pomegranate becomes a large, multi-locular, many-seeded berry, with many seeds in each chamber. Testa fleshy, bright red, light red or white, juicy, sweet and sour, that is, the edible part. The inner seed coat is horny, and some are degenerated and softened, that is, soft-seed pomegranate. The fruit pomegranate florescence is from May to June, the pomegranate flower is like fire, and the fruit period is from September to October.