Pomegranates are a round-shaped fruit with a rich red hue. They grow as a shrub with multiple stems or as a large tree across parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Mediterranean, and areas of America. The skin of a pomegranate is thick and when opened produces hundreds of seeds amid crimson or ruby red juice. The flavor is sweet (although the pithy sac is bitter) and the fruit quality nutritious as well as containing antioxidant properties. Pomegranate seeds sprinkled in salads or in other... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023. 2p.