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Common name: Pomegranate • Arabic: رمان Rummaan • Assamese: আনাৰ Anar, ডালিম Dalim, দাঢ়িম্ব Darimbo, বেদানা Bedana • Awadhi: अनार Anaar • Bengali: বেদানা Bedana • Bhojpuri: अनार Anaar • Bodo: डालिम Daalim • Dimasa: Dalem • Dogri: दढ़ूनी Darooni • Garhwali: दाढ़ीम Daadheem, दढम्या Dadhamya • Garo: Dalim Bite • Hindi: अनार Anaar, दाड़िम Darim, हिण्डीर Hindir • Hmar: Theibufai • Kachchhi: દાડમ Dadam • Kannada: ದಾಳಿಂಬೆ Daalimbe • Karbi: Dalim • Kashmiri: अनार् Anaar, नार् نار Naar, دٲن کُل • Konkani: दाळींब Daaliimb • Kumaoni: दाड़िम Darim • Maithili: अनार Anaar • Malayalam: ദാഡിമം Daadimam, മാതളനാരകം Maathalanaarakam, ഉറുമാൻപഴം Urumaanpazham • Manipuri: ꯀꯐꯣꯏ Kaphoi • Marathi: अनार Anaar, डाळिंब Daalimb • Marwari: दाड़म Daaram • Mishing: Dalim • Mizo: Theibuhfai • Nagamese: Taliim-Tong • Nepali: दारिम Daarim • Odia: ଅନାର Anaara, ଡାଳିମ୍ବ Daalimba • Pali: दाळिम Daalima • Persian: انار Anar, نار Naar, تاغ Taag • Punjabi: ਅਨਾਰ Anar, ਦਾਨੂ Danu, ਦਰਿਊਣ Dariun, ਦਾਰੂ Daru • Rajasthani: दाड़यूं Daarayum • Sanskrit: दाडिम Dadima, दन्तबीज Dantabija, दशनबीज Dashanabija, हिण्डीर Hindira, कुचफल Kuchaphala, कुट्टिम Kuttima, नीरस Nirasa, सत्फल Satphala, वृत्तफल Vrttaphala • Santali: ᱚᱱᱟᱨ Anar, ᱰᱟᱹᱞᱤᱢ Dalim • Sindhi: اَنارُ Aanaru, ڏاڙهۇن Daaroon • Tamil: மாதுளை Maatulai • Telugu: దానిమ్మ Daanimma • Tulu: ದಾಳಿಂಬೊ Daalimbo • Urdu: انار Anar, داڙم Darim, هنڐير Hindir Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Punica granatum    Family: Lythraceae (Crape Myrtle family)

The pomegranate is a shrub, usually with multiple stems, that commonly grows 6-15 ft tall. The slender branches start out upright, then droop gracefully. Pomegranates have beautiful orange-red trumpet shaped flowers with ruffled petals. From one to several flowers may be borne on a twig, one being terminal, the others lateral and solitary. The odorless but colorful flowers are large, 1 1/2 to 3 inches in length, campanulate or cylindrical, and generally reddish but sometimes yellow to white. There are five or more petals, some of which may be doubled. The stamens are numerous, erect to slightly curved at the apex, and red - the anthers are yellow. Pomegranate is a native of NE Turkey to W Pakistan, widely cultivated in India.

Identification credit: Thingnam Girija Photographed in Indraprastha Park, Delhi.

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