Pomegranate
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| Pomegranate | |
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| Fruit of pomegranate | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Rosidae |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Lythraceae |
| Genus: | Punica |
| Species: | P. granatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Punica granatum L. |
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The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit. It has seeds called arils that are covered in an edible red pulp.
The pomegranate was first known in Iran and the Himalayas in northern India and has since been spread to many kinds of dry areas with seasonal rain fall. Its Hindi name is anar.
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