Pomy Granite Fruit

Various parts of the tree and fruit are used to make medicine.

Pomy granite fruit.

This amazing fruit contains three times as many antioxidants as either wine or green tea. Categorized as a berry the pomegranate fruit is about 5 12 cm 2 5 inches in diameter. The pomegranate punica granatum is a fruit bearing deciduous shrub in the family lythraceae subfamily punicoideae that grows between 5 and 10 m 16 and 33 ft tall. Pomegranates do not ripen after they re picked but bruise easily when ripe.

Pomegranates should feel heavy for their size and be free of cuts slashes or bruises. Pomegranate is a tree. It is red round and looks kind of like a red apple with a flower shaped stem. Look for plump rounded pomegranates.

The skin of the pomegranate. Young pomegranate in side turkey. They dry out as they re stored and older specimens will have started to shrink a bit as the thick skin starts to close in on the seeds. This means a lot of pomegranates are picked a bit under ripe.

Pomegranates have anti viral and anti tumor properties and contain vitamins and minerals including calcium potassium zinc vitamin k niacin and folate as well as antioxidant vitamins a c and e. People use pomegranate for high blood pressure athletic performance heart disease diabetes and many other. Pomegranates have been eaten throughout history for their health benefits.