Pomegranate seeds can be chewed and eaten directly, but they are not very tasty and are usually not eaten.

The pomegranate is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is evergreen in the tropics. The crown is tufted and naturally round-headed. The roots of the tree are yellowish brown. Strong growth, the inter-root is easy to produce rootstocks. Tree height up to 5-7m, usually 3-4m, but dwarf pomegranate only about 1m high or shorter. The trunk is gray-brown, with verrucous protuberances, and the stem is mostly twisted to the left.

Distribution range

Native to the Balkan Peninsula to Iran and its neighboring regions, it is cultivated in temperate and tropical zones around the world.

China's three river basin at an altitude of 1700-3000 meters on the barren slopes on both sides of the Chashu River is also distributed a large number of wild ancient pomegranate communities. China's north and south are cultivated, to Jiangsu, Henan and other places of planting area is larger, and cultivated a number of higher quality varieties, including Jiangsu's crystal pomegranate and small-fruited pomegranate are better varieties.