Pomegranate (Latin name: Punica granatum L.) deciduous tree or shrub; Leaves simple, usually opposite or fascicled, without stipules. Flowers terminal or subterminal, solitary or a few clustered or forming cymes, subcampanulate, lobes 5-9, petals 5-9, much ruffled, imbricate; Ovule plurality. Berry globose, apex with persistent calyx lobes, pericarp thick; Seeds numerous, berries subglobose, fruit ripening stage in September - October. Outer seed coat fleshy translucent, succulent; The inner kind is leather.