The pomegranate is a neat, rounded shrub or small tree that can grow to 20 or 30 ft., but more typically to 12 to 16 ft. in height. Dwarf varieties are also known. It is usually deciduous, but in certain areas the leaves will persist on the tree. The trunk is covered by a red-brown bark which later becomes gray. The pomegranate has glossy, leathery leaves that are narrow and lance-shaped. The attractive scarlet, orange, white or variegated flowers are a couple of inches in diameter and have 5 to 8 crumpled petals and a red, fleshy, tubular calyx which persists on the fruit. The nearly round, 2-1/2 to 5 in. wide fruit has tough, leathery skin or rind which is typically yellow overlaid with light or deep pink or rich red. The interior is separated by membranous walls and white, spongy, bitter tissue into compartments packed with sacs filled with sweetly acid, juicy, red, pink or whitish pulp. In each sac there is one angular, soft or hard seed.