pomegranate

fruit-bearing deciduous shrub
Taxon taxon Q13188
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Summary

pomegranate is a taxon[1]. pomegranate ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,975 views/month, #309 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Named after: Granada[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Punica[6]
  • Taxon name: Punica granatum[7]
  • Has use: food[8], medicinal plant[9], vegetable[10]
  • Commons category: Punica granatum[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pomegranates[12]
  • Commons gallery: Punica granatum[13]
  • Depicted by: Textile with Pomegranate Design[14], Textile with Pomegranate Motif[15]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[16], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[17]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[18], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(2)[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=30372[22]
  • This taxon is source of: pomegranate[23], pomegranate seed[24], pomegranate seed oil[25], pomegranate juice[26], pomegranate tree wood[27], pomegranate smell[28], Karaköprü pomegranate[29]
  • Short name: P. granatum[30]
  • Taxon common name: pomegranate[31], الرمان[32], Magraner[33], granátové jablko[34], marhaník obecný[35], Grawnafal[36], Granatapfel[37], Ρόδι[38], Granato[39], Granado[40], Granaattiomena[41], Grenadier[42], רימון מצוי[43], Melograno[44]

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Identifiers

pomegranate's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 22663[45]. pomegranate's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 582971[46]. pomegranate's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5420901[47]. pomegranate's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27278[48].

Discovery and Description

Things named for pomegranate include garnet group[49], a mineral group[50] and shell[51], a weapon type[52].

Why It Matters

pomegranate has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] pomegranate is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Entities named for pomegranate include garnet group[49], a mineral group[50] and shell[51], a weapon type[52].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [45] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [48] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [46] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [47] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . arastirma.tarimorman.gov.tr. Retrieved . arastirma.tarimorman.gov.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4158024-2
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', 'bcl', 'be', '
    Sitelink count → 136
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 28d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → punica-granatum
    This taxon is source of → pomegranate, pomegranate seed, pomegranate seed oil +4
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  3. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 12365797-n
    Interlingual index id → i101910
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  4. 11w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pomegranate'}, {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الرمان'}, {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Magraner'} +44
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: rodie"
  5. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → AFTA
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  6. 13w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 12262
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 12262, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167483398|POMEGRANATE (#167483398)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedi"
  7. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 12ZkCP, 7kBx2
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  8. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → pomegranate
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: pomegranate, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950773|pomegranate (#289950773)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  9. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007563253205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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