The Next Superfruit: The Pomegranate
March 7, 2009 by Edgar Williamson
Filed under Diet
The Pomegranate is a native fruit tree that grows in Iran all the way to the Himalayas. It only grows to be about five to eight meters high. It has been naturalized in the whole Mediterranean area. You can find it in Iraq, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, India, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, South East Asia, Peninsular Malaysia, the East Indies and Africa. You can also find it growing in parts of Arizona, Florida and California too.
The pomegranate flourishes well in climates that have very hot summers and cool but not icy winters such as found in Florida, California, Arizona, Iraq, Turkey and Africa. In fact the crops seem to do extremely well if the area they are grown in has had a cooler winter than usual.
The leaves of the Pomegranate are a narrow, oblong shape, darker green and glossy looking. The flowers and the fruit are a bright red…
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