Pomegranate (Latin name: Punica granatum L.) deciduous trees or shrubs; single leaves, usually raw or clustered, without foliage. Flowers terminal or nearly terminal, solitary or clustered or forming cymes, nearly bell shaped, lobes 5-9, petals 5-9, multiple folds, imbricate, ovules majority. The berries are spherical with a persistent calyx lobes at the top and thick skin; most of the seeds are near the globular fruit, and the fruit ripening period is 9-10 months. The outer skin is translucent and juicy; the inner testa is leathery.