This document describes the pomegranate plant. It is native to the region from Persia to the western Himalayas. It is an ornamental tree or shrub that is drought tolerant and can grow in dry soil. The fruit is a berry with thick reddish skin that contains seeds embedded in white pulp. Pomegranates grow best in tropical or subtropical climates with hot, dry summers and some cold tolerance. They prefer well-draining, slightly acidic to neutral soil. Propagation is usually through air layering or hardwood cuttings in late winter to early spring. Pomegranates have several health benefits and can be eaten fresh, made into juice or used in cocktails or as

2. Genus : Punica
Species: granatum
Family: Lithraceae

3.  Native to the region of Persia and the
western Himalayan range
 Cultivated in Iran, Azerbaijan,
Afghanistan, Northern India and Russia
 Ornamental tree and shrub
 Drought tolerant, can be grown in dry
soil

4.  Leaves
› Glossy, narrow, oblong (3 – 7 cm long, 2 cm
broad)
 Flower
› Bright red with 4-5 petals
 Fruit
› Berry 5-12 cm diameter having thick reddish
skin
 Seed
› Embedded in white spongy, astringent pulp

6.  Tropic, sub-tropic and sub-temperate
 Hot dry summer
 More cold hardy (10 C
0
)
 Full summer

7.  Good internal drainage
 Slightly acidic to neutral
 Best grown in alkaline soil
 Adequate space is required

8. Large
• Wonderful
• Double Red
• Early wonderful
• Flavescene
• Granada
• Eight ball
Compact Variety
• Sate Fair
• Nana (a dwarf variety)

9.  Seed
 Seedlings (don’t come true to type)
 Air layering (successful but tedious)
 Hard wood cutting stuck in later winter to
early spring) is the most preferable
method

10.  Frequent sucker removal
 Annual pruning is not necessary
 Some thinning of suckers and branches
from time to time

11. • Severe fruit drop during first two years of
seedling establishment
• Not occur in vegetatively propagated
plant
Uses
• Eaten Fresh
• Juice, beverage, or syrup
• Cocktail
• Seeds use as anardana

12. Fungal diseases result in leaf drop and fruit splitting
• Remedy or control is copper fungicide
Insect pests are;
• Pomegranate butterfly
• Leaf footed bug
Health benefits
• Antioxidant
• Skin glowing
• Anti inflammatory agent reduce arthritic pain
• Reduce cholesterol
• Prevent cancer of all types
• Prevent dental plaque
• Dewormer