Pomegranate (Granada)
Pomegranate (Granada)
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Other names: Granada
Origin: Tropical America
Tree Height: 10 ft.
Cold Hardiness: 25° - 30°F
Season: Year round
Fruit Description: Nearly round, but crowned at the base by the prominent calyx, the 2 1/2-5 in. wide fruit has a tough, leathery skin or rind, basically yellow more or less overlaid with light or deep pink or rich red. The interior is separated by membranous walls and white spongy tissue into compartments packed with transparent sacs filled with tart, flavorful, fleshy, juicy, red, pink or whitish pulp. In each sac is one white or red, angular, soft or hard seed. The seeds represent about 52% of the weight of the whole fruit.
More Info: Steeped in history and romance and almost in a class by itself, the name pomegranate derives from medieval Latin pōmum "apple" and grānātum "seeded". The pomegranate is mentioned or alluded to in the Bible many times and included in coinage and various types of ancient and modern cultural works. Some scholars believe the pomegranate was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.
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.
The fruit is typically in season in the Northern Hemisphere from September to February,[2] and in the Southern Hemisphere from March to May. As intact arils or juice, pomegranates are used in baking, cooking, juice blends, meal garnishes, smoothies, and alcoholic beverages, such as cocktails and wine.
Young pomegranate in Side, Turkey
The pomegranate originated in the region extending from modern-day Iran to northern India,[3] and has been cultivated since ancient times throughout the Mediterraneanregion. It was introduced into Spanish America in the late 16th century and into California by Spanish settlers in 1769.[3]
Today, it is widely cultivated throughout the Middle East and Caucasus region, northand tropical Africa, South Asia, Central Asia, the drier parts of southeast Asia, and parts of the Mediterranean Basin.[3] It is also cultivated in parts of Arizona and California.[4] In the 20th and 21st centuries, it has become more common in the shops and markets of Europe and the Western Hemisphere.[3][4]