Description

The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum) is a fruit tree of the family of the Lythracéeses, cultivated since the highest Antique for his/her/its edible fruits: the pomegranates. Original of the Himalayas to the Mediterranean basin. Kind: Punica granatum His/her/its Japanese name: Zakuro, Punica granatum also marks named Sekiryu A variety 'nejikan' has the trunk that rolls up itself on him even naturally. In the Greek mythology, the pomegranate tree is Aphrodite's symbol in Cyprus. To the Middle Ages, he/it is the Virgin's attribute. To this time, medicine associated a curative property to a part of the human body, by resemblance.