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Punica granatum L. - syn.Punica nana L. - Lythraceae. (also placed in Punicaceae)
pomegranate, Granatapfel
Deciduous shrub or small tree, native to central Asia, cultivated and naturalized elsewhere; leaves lanceolate to elliptic-oblong; flowers campanulate-urceolate, yellow to orange-red; fruit a leathery berry, globose, red or red-brown, 5-12cm in diameter; seeds obpyramidal within juicy sarcotestal layer, ruby-red. „Punica granatum is grown for its showy flowers and edible fruit (pomegranate).“
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200014674
„The entire seed is consumed raw, though the watery, tasty sarcotesta is the desired part. The taste differs depending on the variety or cultivar of pomegranate and its ripeness… Pomegranate juice can be sweet or sour, but most fruits are moderate in taste, with sour notes from the acidic tannins contained in the juice.“
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomegranate
„Twenty-one compounds were found in the headspace of fresh pomegranate juices, including aldehydes, monoterpenes, and alcohols. The most abundant compounds were hexanal, limonene, trans-2-hexenal, and cis-3-hexenol… Overall consumer liking of pomegranate juices was mainly associated with the presence of monoterpenes (α-terpineol); however, high aldehydes (trans-2-hexenal) concentrations were correlated with poor overall consumer liking.“
[Volatile composition of pomegranates from 9 Spanish cultivars using headspace solid phase microextraction., Melgarejo, P., Calín‐Sánchez, Á., Vázquez‐Araújo, L., Hernández, F., Martínez, J.J., Legua, P., Carbonell‐Barrachina, Á.A., Journal of food science, Vol.76(1), 2011, 114-120]
Thomé, O.W., Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, Tafeln, vol.3, t.346 (1885)
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=854881