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|genus=Punica
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'''''Punica''''' is a small genus of [[fruit]]-bearing [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]]s. Its better-known species is the [[Pomegranate]] (''Punica granatum''). The only other species in the genus, the [[Punica protopunica|Socotra Pomegranate]] (''Punica protopunica''), is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] on the island of [[Socotra]]. It differs in having pink (not red) flowers and smaller, less sweet fruit.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
==Species==
==Species==
Although previously placed in its own family of '''Punicaceae''', recent phylogenetic studies have shown that ''Punica'' belongs in the family [[Lythraceae]], and it is classified in that family by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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