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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Ammannia, Cuphea, Duabanga, Ginoria, Heimia, Lafoensia, Lagerstroemia, Lythrum, Pemphis, Pomegranate production, Rotala, Sonneratia, Tetrataxis, Henna, Lythrum salicaria, Pomegranate production in Afghanistan, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Duabanga grandiflora, Decodon verticillatus, Lythrum californicum, Punica, Cuphea ignea, Rotala rotundifolia, Ammannia coccinea, Lythrum alatum, Lagerstroemia indica, Ammannia gracilis, Lythrum hyssopifolia, Cuphea viscosissima, Rotala indica, Heimia salicifolia, Punica protopunica, Lythrum portula, Haitia, Ammania, Ammannia robusta, Ammania sengalensis, Rotala ramosior, Lythrum tribracteatum, Lagerstroemia subcostata, Lagerstroemia floribunda, Duabanga moluccana, Tetrataxis salicifolia, Cuphea hyssopifolia, Sonneratia hainanensis, Lafoensia pacari, Lafoensia replicata, Lagerstroemia anisoptera, Lagerstroemia langkawiensis, Lagerstroemia minuticarpa, Lagerstroemia intermedia, Ginoria nudiflora, Adenaria. Excerpt: A pomegranate ( ), Punica granatum, is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing between five and eight meters tall. The pomegranate is native to the Iranian Plateau and the Himalayas in north Pakistan and Northern India. It has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times, and today, is widely cultivated throughout Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Egypt, China, Burma, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, the drier parts of southeast Asia, the Mediterranean region of Southern Europe, and tropical Africa. Introduced into Latin America and California by Spanish settlers in 1769, pomegranate is now cultivated in parts of California and Arizona for juice production. In the Northern Hemisphere, the fruit is typically in season from September to February. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is in season from March to May. The pomegranate is a v...
