Punica granatum 'Loffani'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
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Cultivation

Medium-to hard-seeded, sweet yellow fruit with or without pink blush. Origin: Camarillo, CA by S.J. Chater. Introduced to the USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Davis, CA in 1997. Tree: low-growing, spread out shrub with low vigor; precocity relatively low; fruit subject to sunburn and late-season split. Fruit: medium to exceptionally large; round; skin yellow, may have pink blush or speckling; skin thick, waxy smooth and rigid; calyx thick and rigid; arils pink; seeds very large, pink, hard; sweet; high proportion of rind to seeds; ripens in October in Davis.
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 40
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Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) 23 - 32
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Vigor low vigor
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Synonyms

Punica granatum 'Loffani'