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Pomegranate

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The pomegranate is a fruit bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, typically growing one and a half to five metres tall. It originated on the Iranian plateau and in the region spanning the Caucasus, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where ancient Iranians first domesticated it roughly 5,000 years ago before it spread through Asia, Africa and Europe. Spanish settlers introduced the pomegranate to Mexico in the late sixteenth century and to California in 1769, and it is now grown across West, South and Central Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean and parts of the Americas. The fruit ripens from September to February in the Northern Hemisphere and is central to Persian cuisine, where pomegranate molasses flavors dishes such as fesenjan. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Domesticated 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Scientific Name

Punica granatum 3

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

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Source Pomegranate (Wikidata)

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Sources

1. Pomegranate (Wikipedia)

Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing, deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows to between 1.5-5 metres (5-16 ft) tall.
Infobox: status
LC

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. Pomegranate (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q13188 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Punica granatum

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Myrtales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12389

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12389

"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Myrtales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

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