11/30/2023 0 Comments Dwarf grapefruit tree for sale![]() ![]() ![]() granatum is grown for its fruit crop, and as ornamental trees and shrubs in parks and gardens. Primarily, the pigmentation of pomegranate juice results from the presence of anthocyanins and ellagitannins. In mature fruits, the juice obtained by compressing the seeds yields a sour flavor due to low pH (4.4) and high contents of polyphenols, which may cause a red indelible stain on fabrics. The fruit is intermediate in size between a lemon and a grapefruit, 5–12 cm (2– 4 + 1⁄ 2 in) in diameter with a rounded shape and thick, reddish husk. īotanically, the edible fruit is a berry with seeds and pulp produced from the ovary of a single flower. The number of seeds in a pomegranate can vary from 200 to about 1,400. Containing juice, the sarcotesta is formed as a thin membrane derived from the epidermal cells of the seeds. Membranes of the mesocarp are organized as nonsymmetric chambers that contain seeds inside sarcotestas, which are embedded without attachment to the mesocarp. Red-purple in color, the pomegranate fruit husk has two parts: an outer, hard pericarp, and an inner, spongy mesocarp (white "albedo"), which comprises the fruit inner wall where seeds attach. Fruit, sarcotesta and seeds An opened pomegranate Pomegranate flower Fruit setting Some fruitless varieties are grown for the flowers alone. The flowers are bright red and 3 cm ( 1 + 1⁄ 4 in) in diameter, with three to seven petals. ![]() granatum leaves are opposite or subopposite, glossy, narrow oblong, entire, 3–7 cm ( 1 + 1⁄ 4– 2 + 3⁄ 4 in) long and 2 cm ( 3⁄ 4 in) broad. Description Pomegranate being trained as a bonsaiĪ shrub or small tree growing 5 to 10 m (16 to 33 ft) high, the pomegranate has multiple spiny branches and is long-lived, with some specimens in France surviving for 200 years. It still persists however amongst the fruit & vegetable stalls at the famous Moore Street open-air market, in central Dublin. Pomegranates were colloquially called 'wineapples' or 'wine-apples' in Ireland, although this term has somewhat fallen out of use lately. The modern French term for pomegranate, grenade, has given its name to the military grenade. This derivation may have originated from pomum granatum, describing the color of pomegranate pulp, or from granum, referring to "red dye, cochineal". Garnet derives from Old French grenat by metathesis, from Medieval Latin granatum as used in a different meaning "of a dark red color". This is a folk etymology, confusing the Latin granatus with the name of the Spanish city of Granada, which derives from an unrelated Arabic word. Possibly stemming from the old French word for the fruit, pomme-grenade, the pomegranate was known in early English as "apple of Grenada"-a term which today survives only in heraldic blazons. The name pomegranate derives from medieval Latin pōmum "apple" and grānātum "seeded". Etymology A pomegranate tree in an illustration for the Tacuinum Sanitatis, made in Lombardy, late 14th century ( Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome) Pomegranates are widely cultivated throughout the Middle East and Caucasus region, north and tropical Africa, Iran, the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, the drier parts of Southeast Asia, and the Mediterranean Basin. As intact sarcotestas or as juice, pomegranates are used in baking, cooking, juice blends, meal garnishes, smoothies, and alcoholic beverages, such as cocktails and wine. The fruit is typically in season in the Southern Hemisphere from March to May, and in the Northern Hemisphere from September to February. It was introduced into Spanish America in the late 16th century and into California by Spanish settlers in 1769. The pomegranate was originally described throughout the Mediterranean region. 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. ![]()
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