🫒 Pomegranate
Punica granatum
What it is
A round red fruit filled with hundreds of tiny, juicy seeds you can eat.
How it looks
About the size of an apple, with tough reddish skin and a little crown shape on top.
Taste
Sweet and tangy, with a fun little crunch inside each juicy seed.
Why it is healthy
Packed with vitamin C and helpful antioxidants that keep your body strong.
How to eat it
Scoop out the little red seeds and sprinkle them on salad, yogurt, or eat them by the spoonful.
How it grows
Grows on small leafy trees in warm, sunny lands, ripening in fall.
In season
Best in the cooler months of fall and early winter.
History
One of the oldest fruits people have grown, first raised in the Middle East thousands of years ago.
Fun fact
A single pomegranate can hold more than 600 tiny juicy seeds inside.
Try this
Open it in a bowl of water so the juice does not splash and stain your clothes.