Common Name : Pomegranate
Botanical Name : Punica granatum
A native to Southwest Asia and may grow to a
height of 4 m or 12 Ft with interlaced spiny twigs and branches.
Many Chinese keep a pamegranate tree for luck and other superstitious
reason.
The fruit are round about 5-10cm across with thick, leathery
skin that ripens from greenish to red. Inside the bright yellow
rind are several chambers cotaining numerous pink seeds embedded
in transparent, shiny, reddish pulp which usually sweet and
juicy.
How to eat pomegranate, only the reddish pulp are eaten. Not
a fruit that can be eaten without attention. Just peel a hand
full of pulp and lightly chew the juice and spit out the seeds.
Other uses, pomegranate salad, pomegranate drink, pomegranate
jelly.
Companies manufacture pomegranate drink, pomegranate tea, pomegranate
liqueur, pomegranate sauce, pomegranate jelly, pomegranate molasses,and
said to help antioxidant.
