Pomegranate Seed

Pomegranate is the large, glucose, shiny red berry of a plant that grows as a shrub or as a small tree. Inside the berry are hard, angular seeds, covered with a juicy,
Red, pink or yellowish-white, sweet, astringent acid pulp. The seed, when sun-dried or dehydrated, constitutes the condiment.

Believed to be a native of Iran, Afganistan and Beluchistan, Pomegranate is an ancient fruit symbolizing, particularly in India, plenty and prosperity.

Apart from its culinary value in a wide range of foods, and beverages, pomegranate is endowed with excellent medicinal properties. For example, it is often prescribed for patients convalescing from diarrhea.