Pomegranate - Pomegranate

Japanese: ザクロソウ - ざくろそう

A summer-green annual weed of the family Garlicaceae, commonly found in farmland and roadsides near human settlements (illustration). It is widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions of Asia, including Korea, China, Malaysia, and India, and in Japan it is found from Honshu to Kyushu. It is entirely hairless. The stems are brown, delicate, well-branched, and 10-20 cm tall. It has 3-5 glossy, oblanceolate leaves arranged in whorls. From July to October, numerous small, yellowish-brown flowers form inflorescences at the ends of the branches, and the fruit is a spherical capsule. It is called pomegranate because the leaves and fruit are reminiscent of pomegranates.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

人里の畑地や路傍に普通な，ザクロソウ科の夏緑一年生雑草（イラスト）。朝鮮，中国，マレーシア，インドなどアジアの温帯～熱帯に広く分布し，日本では本州～九州に産する。全体に無毛。茎は褐色をおび，繊細でよく分枝し，高さ10～20cm。光沢のある倒披針形の葉が3～5枚輪生する。7～10月にかけ，黄褐色の細かい花が，枝先に花序をなして多数つき，果実は球形の蒴果（さくか）となる。葉や果実のようすが，ザクロをほうふつとさせるところからザクロソウという。

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