#1631 most planted
Punica
Pomegranate · also Pomegranate tree, Granada, Granado
Multi-trunkDeciduous
26
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
1.9 in
median trunk (5 cm, 5 measured)
4.8 yr
median age (81% have a planting date)
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A deciduous shrub or small tree, Punica is primarily known for its edible fruit and showy orange-red flowers. It can be grown as a multi-trunked specimen, offering attractive fall color and mottled bark, though its fruit can be messy.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 250.02%4.8 yr1.9 in
- 10.00%—2.5 in
Traits
- Form
- Multi-trunk
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 15–20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.9 in, mean 2.4 in, 90th percentile 3.3 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Elburz Range forest steppe
- Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Caucasus mixed forests
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
- Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert
Other Punica in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
