*Punica granatum Linnaeus. Common name: Pomegranate. Habitat: Suburban areas, cultivated and at least persistent. Distribution: Native of Mediterranean Europe. Reported as cultivated on Hatteras Island (Dare County, NC) (Brown 1959).
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Other Comments: This species has been cultivated in the Old World for at least five millennia.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FNA10, K4, Meso4.1, S, S13; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Punica granatum L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Punica granatum - FNA10
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native range: Mediterranean to eastern Africa
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