Editing Pomegranate (section)

=== Varieties ===
''P. granatum'' [[variety (botany)|var.]] ''nana'' is a dwarf variety of ''P. granatum'' popularly planted as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens and larger containers, and used as a [[bonsai]] specimen tree. It could well be a wild form with a distinct origin. It has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=''Punica granatum'' var. ''nana''|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/67011/Punica-granatum-var-nana/Details|date=2024|publisher=Royal Horticultural Society|access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf|title=AGM Plants - Ornamental|date=March 2020|page=90|publisher= Royal Horticultural Society|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200503221317/https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf|archive-date=3 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

The only other species in the genus ''[[Punica]]'' is the [[Punica protopunica|Socotran pomegranate]] (''P. protopunica''), which is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to the [[Socotra]]n archipelago of four islands located in the Arabian Sea, the largest island of which is also known as Socotra. The territory is part of Yemen. It differs in having pink (not red) flowers and smaller, less sweet fruit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Punica granatum - the Drops of Blood from Garden of Eden|url=http://toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/plant_wk/pomegranate.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123032753/http://toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/plant_wk/pomegranate.htm|archive-date=23 January 2013}}</ref>