This section is from the book "Manual Of Tropical And Subtropical Fruits", by Wilson Popenoe. Also available from Amazon: Manual Of Tropical And Subtropical Fruits.
The pomegranate and jujube are not closely related botani-cally, but the cultural requirements are similar. The pomegranate is the only genus of its family (the Punicaceae), while the jujube (genus Zizyphus) is one of 40 or 50 genera of the Rhamnaceae or Buckthorn family.
 
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