Deciduous trees or shrubs of pomegranate; Leaves simple, usually opposite or clustered, without stipules. Flowers terminal or sub-terminal, solitary or clustered or forming cymes, nearly bell-shaped, lobes 5-9, petals 5-9, wrinkled and imbricate; Many ovules. Berry is spherical, with persistent calyx lobes at the top and thick peel; There are many seeds, the berries are nearly spherical, and the fruit ripens in 9- 10 months. Exocarp is translucent and juicy; Endogenous leather.

Pomegranate is a deciduous shrub or small tree, and it is also an evergreen tree in tropical areas. The crown is clustered and naturally round. The roots are yellow-brown. It grows vigorously and the rhizosphere is easy to take root and tiller. The height of the tree can reach 5-7m, generally 3-4m, while the dwarf pomegranate is only about 1m or shorter. The trunk is grayish brown with tumor-like protrusions on it, and the trunk is mostly twisted to the left.

The crown has many branches, and the twigs are angular and mostly square. Branchlets are flexible and not easy to break. Primary branches are staggered, opposite on strong branchlets, with small spines. The length of thorns is related to the variety and growth. Lush trees have many thorns, but old trees have few thorns. The colors of flower buds change with the seasons, including purple, green and orange.

Leaves opposite or clustered, long lanceolate to oblong, or elliptic lanceolate, 2-8 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, with sharp tips, shiny surface and convex midvein on the back; Having a short petiole.

Flowers are bisexual, depending on whether the ovary is developed or not. There are bell-shaped flowers and tubular flowers. The former is good at fertilization, while the latter often withers and bears no fruit. Generally, 1 to several flowers are planted in the axils below the top of the new shoots and the back neck of the year; Sepals hard, fleshy, tubular, 5-7-lobed, persistent with locules; Petals obovate, as many as sepals and alternate, arranged in imbricate shape. Flowers are divided into single petals and double petals. Double petal varieties have many petals and strong sterility, with dozens of petals; Flowers are red, white, yellow, pink and agate. Stamens are numerous, filaments are hairless. Pistil with 1 style, longer than stamens, carpels 4-8, ovary inferior.

When ripe, it becomes a large multi-chamber and multi-seed berry with many seeds in each chamber; The exocarp is fleshy, bright red, reddish or white, juicy, sweet and sour, and is an edible part; The inner seed coat is horny, and some of it degenerates and softens, which is soft-seeded pomegranate.

Pomegranate blooms in May and June, and pomegranate blooms like fire. The fruiting period is from September to 65438+ 10. The flowering period of pomegranate is May-10.