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Iranian Pomegranates are 7.5 to 10 CM in diameter
and round to oblong in shape. The skin is leathery in texture and orange to orange-red
in color. The edible portion of the fruit is the juicy red flesh and there are
many seeds inside the fruit making it difficult to eat.
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Yazd + Saveh + Esfahan + Fars. | |
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Fall + winter. | |
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Pomegranates grow on rounded, deciduous shrubs or small trees that
grow to an average of 1.2 to 1.6 meter in height, although dwarf varieties do
exist. The branches are often spiny and tend to sucker from the base.
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The pomegranate has narrow, glossy, leathery leaves.
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The pomegranate flowers are scarlet red, tubular shaped, and
one inch in diameter. |  | |