Punica granatum - Julija Voitkova



Name and surname:
Julija Voitkova

Country:
Russia

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Title:
Punica granatum


Species/Element:
plant

Description:
Punica granatum, is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree in the family Lythraceae.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the fruit is typically in season from September to February, and in the Southern Hemisphere from March to May. As intact arils or juice, pomegranates are used in cooking, baking, meal garnishes, juice blends, smoothies, and alcoholic beverages, such as cocktails and wine.
A shrub or small tree growing 6 to 10 m high, the pomegranate has multiple spiny branches, and is extremely long-lived, with some specimens in France surviving for 200 years. Granatum leaves are opposite or subopposite, gloss, narrow oblong, entire, 3–7 cm long and 2 cm broad. The flowers are bright red and 3 cm in diameter, with three to seven petals.
The edible fruit is a berry 5–12 cm in diameter with a rounded shape and thick, reddish skin. The number of seeds in a pomegranate can vary from 200 to about 1400. Each seed has a surrounding water-laden pulp — the edible sarcotesta that forms from the seed coat — ranging in color from white to deep red or purple. The seeds are embedded in a white, spongy, astringent membrane.

Category:
Digital

Technique:
digital illustration

Year:
2016

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